Maximilian Dorner
Maximilian Dorner (born August 21, 1973 in Munich ) is a German writer and dramaturge. In 2007 Dorner received the Bavarian Art Promotion Prize for his debut novel The First Summer .
Life
Dorner studied dramaturgy at the Bavarian Theater Academy and then worked as a director, literary editor and author. From 1996 to 1999 he was the author of the BR radio broadcast Lyrik nach Wunsch , from 1998 to 2001 Dorner wrote theater reviews for the newspaper Die Welt . In 2006 Dorner was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and since 2010 he has been dependent on a wheelchair. In 2008 he published the book My Demon is a Couch Potato about living with a disability. In the summer of 2009 Dorner staged the opera Der Liebestrank by Gaetano Donizetti in the Pasinger factory in Munich. In 2019 he founded the campaign alliance Wheelchairs for future .
Publications
- The first summer ; Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag , 2007; ISBN 3423246014
- My demon is a couch potato ; Zabert Sandmann Verlag, 2008; ISBN 3898831981
- Lame Duck in New York: The limits of my body are not the limits of my world ; Malik Verlag, 2009; ISBN 3890297463 (published as a paperback in 2011 under the title Die Gabe der Langsamkeit: Forays through New York ; Piper; ISBN 978-3492263542 )
- I am ashamed ; Rowohlt-Verlag, 2010; ISBN 978-3-498-01330-1
- You're doing something! My year in Bavaria ; Malik Verlag, 2011; ISBN 978-3-89029-756-9
- My Guardian Angel is a beginner ; Albrecht Knaus Verlag 2012; ISBN 978-3813504828
- Lonely, so what? From the discovery of an attitude towards life ; btb, 2015; ISBN 978-3-442-75490-8
- One last email. Novel ; btb, 2018; ISBN 978-3442749096
- Stand up even if you cannot. Disability is rebellion ; btb, 2019, ISBN 978-3442758258
Audio books
- 2012: My Guardian Angel is a beginner , Steinbach-speaking books Schwäbisch Hall, read by Max Dorner and Crescentia Dünßer , 3 CDs shortened 215 min., ISBN 978-3869741383
Web links
- Literature by and about Maximilian Dorner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Max Dorner's homepage , accessed on August 6, 2014
- Andreas Laux: Everyone is disabled , interview with Maximilian Dorner in Focus magazine on February 26, 2009
- Maximilian Dorner at perlentaucher.de
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dorner, Maximilian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 21, 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |