Michail Krausnick

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Michail Krausnick (born November 30, 1943 in Berlin ; † May 12, 2019 in Neckargemünd ) was a German writer as well as radio play and screenwriter . He lived as a freelance author in Neckargemünd.

education and profession

Krausnick grew up in Hanover and came to Heidelberg in 1962 . There he studied literature and sociology and received his doctorate in 1973 with the dissertation Paul Heyse and the Münchner Dichterkreis for Dr. phil. During his studies he was co-founder and copywriter of the student cabaret Die Kneifzange as well as chairman of the radio group at Heidelberg University . In 1966 he completed a traineeship at Süddeutscher Rundfunk (SDR) , today Südwestrundfunk (SWR) . This was followed by editorial work at SDR-Studio Heidelberg and internship at the Badische Fernsehredaktion Mannheim . During this time he wrote essays , satires , poems and radio plays for various broadcasters.

As a screenwriter, Krausnick has worked on over 120 TV productions. In 1976 he wrote his screenplay for the feature film Grandison , which is set in Heidelberg and, like many of Krausnick's later projects, takes up historical themes from the region. In addition, he published more than 30 books and wrote plays for the big stages in North Baden, cabaret texts for Die Stachelbären , Deutscher Michel , the Düsseldorfer Kom (m) ödchen as well as solo programs for Thomas Freitag .

meaning

Krausnick became known for his satires, radio plays, historical non-fiction books, biographies as well as poems and stories for children and young people. Most of the attention was given to his book Die eiserne Lerche , a biography of the poet of the March Revolution , Georg Herwegh ; for this he received the German Youth Literature Prize in 1991 . In 2018 he was the first recipient of the Heidelberg Authors Prize.

Memberships

Works

  • Profession: robber . About the terrible Mannefriedrich and the misdeeds of the Hölzerlips gang . Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek 1978 and Beltz & Gelberg Verlag, Weinheim 1990, 2nd edition 1991. ISBN 978-3-407-78089-8 (Reality of robbers around 1800 compared to Friedrich Schiller's " The Robbers " or " The Criminal From Lost Honor " ).
  • Of robbers and gendarmes . Arena, Wuerzburg, 1978.
  • with Jürgen Enders: It's the last dirt for them! Young people in a homeless community. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1980.
  • In the shadow of the cloud . Edition Pestum, Munich 1980 / Edition Durchblick, Neckargemünd 1999.
  • Death comes silently. Novel . Franz Schneider, 1982.
  • We wanted to be free! A Sinti family tells the story . Beltz & Gelberg , Weinheim 1983.
  • The human thing: Our life in the cable, cabbage and computer age . Rowohlt, Reinbek 1985.
  • The love refuser . Ravensburger Verlag, Ravensburg 1986.
  • Hungry! The life story of Jack London . Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 1989.
  • Keywords. Satires, songs, poems . Alkyon, Weissach 1990.
  • Encrypted and wired. Media studies for advanced students . Bleicher, Gerlingen 1991.
  • The robber's apprentice . Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 1993.
  • The iron lark. The life story of Georg Herwegh . Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 1993.
  • Where did you go The genocide of the Sinti and Roma . Bleicher, Gerlingen 1995.
  • Johann Georg August Wirth : champions for unity, law and freedom . Quadriga, Weinheim 1997.
  • Not maidservants with the servants! Emma Herwegh , a biographical sketch . German Schiller Society , Marbach 1998.
  • The main prize or: bears for the ketchup boys . Elefanten Press, Berlin 1998.
  • Al Capone in the German forest . Edition Durchblick, Neckargemünd 2000. ISBN 3-89811-146-6 (novel biography about the bank robber Bernhard Kimmel ).
  • Goodbye in heaven! The story of Angela Reinhardt. Bertelsmann, Munich 2001; Arena again, Würzburg 2005 ISBN 3-401-02721-2 .
    • Goodbye in heaven! The Sinti children from St. Joseph's Care. Screenplay for the film, 2004, 30 min.
  • Love for breaks. Poems and stories for young readers . Edition Durchblick, Neckargemünd 2002.
  • Contradiction and contradiction. Satires, songs and poems . Edition Durchblick, Neckargemünd 2003.
  • Mord Erzberger - Matthias Erzberger : bankruptcy administrator of the empire and pioneer of democracy. A biographical portrait . Co-author with Günter Randecker. Rhein-Neckar-Brücke series, Vol. 2, Norderstedt 2005. ISBN 3-8334-3586-0 .
  • Jack London . dtv, 2006. ISBN 3-423-31085-5 .
  • Else's story. A girl survived Auschwitz. With Lukas Ruegenberg (illustrator); Afterword by R. Rose. Sauerländer, Düsseldorf 2007, ISBN 978-3-7941-6114-0 .
  • Rose Grandisson. Trapped in Heidelberg. Wellhöfer, Mannheim 2011, ISBN 978-3-939540-90-8 .
  • White brother, black skirt. Conte Verlag, St. Ingbert 2014, ISBN 978-3-95602-011-7 .

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personal data
SURNAME Krausnick, Michail
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH November 30, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH May 12, 2019
Place of death Neckargemünd