Norbert Kron

Norbert Kron (born March 22, 1965 in Munich ) is a German writer, journalist and filmmaker.

life and work

Norbert Kron studied general and comparative literature at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich and already began to work literary and journalistic at this time. He has lived in Berlin since 1992, where he works as a freelance culture journalist for television (including ttt - titel, thesen, temperamente ) and print media (including Tagesspiegel , Die Welt , Die Zeit ). In 1985 he founded the magazine concepts - magazine for literature, published by the Federal Association of Young Authors . In his novels and narrative texts, Norbert Kron repeatedly deals with the social conditions in the media world, with the focus on the question of interpersonal relationships and relationship models between men and women.

The debut novel "Autopilot" (2002) is about a successful television producer who breaks out of his relationship and revolts against the medium. “Der Begleiter” (2008) tells the story of a cultural journalist who works for an erotic escort agency , which was interpreted as a parable of today's love relationships and the cultural precariousness of Berlin. His most recent texts, triggered by multiple stays in Tel Aviv, deal with the relationship between Germans and Israelis. In 2015, together with the Israeli writer Amichai Shalev, he published the anthology "We don't forget, we go dancing", which was published in parallel by a German and a Hebrew publisher.

Krons literary work was supported by numerous scholarships (including the German Literature Fund , the Villa Aurora Los Angeles ). Following the novel "The Companion", he founded the art project "Art Escort", in which Berlin writers, visual artists and other cultural workers can be booked as cultural (not erotic) Berlin companions (awarded the "Myself" award) . In 2015, to mark the 50th anniversary of German-Israeli diplomatic relations, the cultural project "Dontforgetdance.com" was created. Its numerous events are based on the anthology "We do not forget, we go dancing" and by the Federal Agency for Political Education, the Foreign Office and Jewish Affairs Museum Berlin was funded.

In his book "A home in foreign countries - What we can learn from the best school for immigrants in Germany" (2017), Kron portrays the Bialik Rogozin School in Tel Aviv, which is responsible for its integration work with refugee children and other students with a migration background has become known worldwide. Their stories are compared with similar stories from the UNESCO School in Essen, which has entered into a school partnership with the Bialik Rogozin School in Tel Aviv. Twelve theses that are derived from this are intended to give the integration debate in Germany new impetus. There is a public blog about this on an associated website.

Trivia

Norbert Kron is a member of the German national football team ( Autonama ), whose second anthology "Football is our love" he co-edited. He lives in Berlin-Mitte .

Literary publications (selection)

• Autopilot. Novel. Hanser Verlag, Munich 2002.
• Journalist's Day. In: Best German storytellers 2004. Ed .: Hubert Winkels. Deutsche Verlagsanstalt, Munich 2004.
• Kohn on the couch. In: Stadt Land Krieg. Ed .: Tanja Dückers, Verena Carl. Construction Publishing House, Berlin 2004.
• Farewell game. In: title fight. Ed .: Ralf Bönt, Albert Ostermaier, Moritz Rinke. Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt / Main 2008.
• The companion. Novel. dtv, Munich 2008.
• Bib! Bib! How I visited Yad Vashem with Lothar Matthäus and then broke my foot. In: Football is our love. Ed .: Norbert Kron, Albert Ostermaier, Klaus Cäsar Zehrer. Suhrkamp Verlag, Berlin 2011.
• We don't forget we're going to dance. Israeli and German authors write about the other country. Ed .: Norbert Kron, Amichai Shalev. S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt / M., And Afik Books, Tel Aviv 2015.
• A home away from home. What we can learn in Germany from the best school for immigrants. Gütersloh publishing house, Gütersloh 2017.

Filmography (selection)

• 1993: What a theater. A journey through the German stage landscape , with Ulli cell, 40 min, ARD.
• 1995: page leaps. One week in Berlin's literary scene , 30 min, SFB.
• 1997: The Tin Drummer von Friedenau - Günter Grass , 45 min, SFB.
• 1998: The Tränenpalast - From the border crossing to the trendy temple , with Yvonne von Kalinowsky, 30 min, SFB.
• 1999: Between Kebap and Career - Young Turks in Berlin , with Yvonne von Kalinowsky, 30 min, SFB.
• 2005: The power of knowledge - Berlin's Humboldt University , with Matthias Hoferichter, 52 min, MDR.
• 2008–2016: Bauer sucht Kultur - On the Road with Max Moor , 9 seasons, with Anna Bilger, Tim Evers and Christine Thalmann, 34 films, 45 min each, RBB / 3sat.

Awards (selection)

• 2003: Scholarship from the Berlin Senate
• 2004: Scholarship from the Villa Aurora Foundation, Los Angeles
• 2004: Scholarship from the German Culture Fund
• 2011: Scholarship from the Berlin Academy of Arts, Villa Serpentara, Olevano Romano
• 2012: Scholarship from the German Literature Fund

Web links

• Literature by and about Norbert Kron in the catalog of the German National Library
• Short biography and information on the work of Norbert Kron at Literaturport
• Homepage of Norbert Kron
• Link to the cultural project "We don't forget, we go dancing"
• Link to the symposium "We don't pass away, we go dancing"
• Interview with Norbert Kron in the online magazine Schauinsblau.de
• Link to the school partnership between the Bialik Rogozin and UNESCO School
• Link to the website of "A home away from home"

Individual evidence

1. ↑ We don't forget, we're going to dance | Jewish Museum Berlin. Retrieved March 10, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Federal Agency for Civic Education: Greetings from Thomas Krüger to the symposium "We don't forget, we'll go dancing" on April 13, 2015 in Radialsystem V in Berlin | bpb. Retrieved March 10, 2017 . 
3. ↑ n-tv news television: Showcase project from Tel Aviv: Israeli school is dedicated to young refugees . In: n-tv.de . ( n-tv.de [accessed on March 10, 2017]).
4. ↑ Tobias Kammer: Visit to the partner school Bialik Rogozin in Tel Aviv. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 12, 2017 ; accessed on March 10, 2017 (German). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.