Matthias Sträßner

Matthias Sträßner (born February 22, 1952 in Stuttgart ) is a German dramaturge . From November 1989 to February 2015 he headed the main department for culture at Deutschlandfunk .

Life

Sträßner graduated from high school in Stuttgart in 1970. He completed his studies in German, philosophy and history at the University of Stuttgart until 1978 with a doctorate to become a Dr. phil. from.

From 1980 to 1983 he was Wolfgang Gönnenwein's personal advisor at the Ludwigsburg Castle Festival , which at the time had been upgraded to a broader program as the Baden-Württemberg International Festival , and was its managing director until 1989. From 1986 to 1989 he was also artistic advisor to the general manager of the Stuttgart State Theater .

From November 1989 to February 2015, Sträßner was head of the main culture department at Deutschlandfunk. From 1992 to 2001 he was also managing director of Deutschlandfunk - later DeutschlandRadio - Marketing GmbH. Since 1999 he has represented Deutschlandradio on the board of trustees of the Rundfunk-Orchester und -Chöre gGmbH . He retired on February 28, 2015.

Together with others, including Wolf Werth from Deutschlandfunk, he was awarded the Silver Hemisphere Monument Protection Prize by the German National Committee for Monument Protection in Saarbrücken in 2004.

Publications

• Analytical drama . Dissertation . Fink-Verlag, Munich 1980, ISBN 3-7705-1859-4 .
• The Ludwigsburg Castle Festival: a panorama in portraits and programs 1933–1987 . DVA, Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-421-06365-6 .
• Dance master and poet: literary histories in the vicinity of Jean-Georges Noverre literary histories in the vicinity of Jean Georges Noverre; Lessing, Wieland, Goethe, Schiller . Henschel, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-89487-198-9 .
• The conductor Leo Borchard : an unfinished career . Transit, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-88747-144-X .
• Flute and pistol: Notes on the relationship between Nietzsche and Ibsen . Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 2003, ISBN 3-8260-2539-3 .
• “Tell me about the war!” How 4 female journalists write their Berlin diaries in 1945; Ruth Andreas-Friedrich , Ursula von Kardorff, Margret Boveri and Anonyma. Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-8260-5438-9 .
• The conductor who did not play: Leo Borchard 1899–1945 . Lukas Verlag for Art and Intellectual History, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-86732-272-0 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Matthias Sträßner in the catalog of the German National Library
• Biographical data on the Deutschlandfunk website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Deutschlandradio: Change at the top of the main culture department
2. ↑ Winner of the Monument Protection Prize 1978 to 2007 on the website of the German National Committee for Monument Protection, viewed October 3, 2010.