Norbert Schaeffer
Norbert Schaeffer (* 1949 in Saarbrücken , † 21st April 2020 ) was a German radio play - Director and-author.
Life
Schaeffer studied German, sociology and political science at Saarland University . In 1978 he was with a thesis on a method for researching and teaching spoken language doctorate . From 1979 to 1981 he trained as a radio journalist at Saarländischer Rundfunk , then worked as an assistant director, from 1984 to 2006 as a freelance director and author of radio plays. From March 2006 to May 2014, Norbert Schaeffer was head of the radio play department of the Norddeutscher Rundfunk .
The weekly newspaper der Freitag wrote about his way of working as a radio play director : "Instructions from Schaeffer are rare, interruptions even more rare."
A few years before his death, Schaeffer relocated to Brittany . He died in April 2020 at the age of 71 from complications from cancer .
Radio play productions (selection)
- Wallraff comes from Wolf Deinert , Prod .: SFB 1984 ( radio play of the month , July 1984)
- The Penthouse Protocol by Carl Amery , Prod .: WDR / BR / HR 1987
- No down, no far from Ulrich Plenzdorf , Prod .: SDR / HR / NDR 1987
- McCowney's Miracles by Margaret Millar , Prod .: NDR 1988
- You're a nebulo by Jens Sparschuh , Prod .: SR / SWF / SDR, 1989, ISBN 3-89813-068-1 .; Radio play award of the war blind
- Return to the desert by Bernard-Marie Koltès , SDR / RIAS Berlin 1989
- The shadow and its shadow by Hubert Wiedfeld NDR / SDR / SR 1990; Radio play of the year
- Das Loch by Viola Altrichter , Prod .: RB / SR 1992
- Sense by Werner Fritsch , Prod .: SWF 1992; Radio play award of the war blind
- Waiting room Germany Voices Reich by Klaus Pohl , with Dieter Mann , Prod .: SWF 1996
- Day of German Unity by Christoph Buggert , Prod. MDR 1997
- The stone by Christian Gailus , Prod .: HR 1998
- Dora brother of Patrick Modiano , Prod .: WDR 1999
- The case by Viola Altrichter, Prod .: SWR, 1999
- Behind closed doors by Paul Auster Editing: Hubert Wiedfeld . Prod .: WDR 1999, ISBN 3-89584-916-2 .
- The Handbook of the Inquisitors by António Lobo Antunes , Prod .: NDR / WDR 2001
- House of God according to Samuel Shem , Prod .: MDR 2002, ISBN 978-3898132008
- The last secret according to Bernard Werber , L'ultime secret , Prod .: WDR 2004. ( Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis )
- The stone bridal bed according to Harry Mulisch , Prod .: MDR 2005
- Tannöd based on Andrea Maria Schenkel , Prod .: NDR 2007
- Why you left me after Paul Ingendaay , Prod .: NDR 2007
- Dirty laundry . by Frank Göhre . Radio-Tatort , NDR / Der Hörverlag 2008.
- Death of a diver by Matthias Wittekindt , Radio-Tatort, NDR 2008, Der Hörverlag 2010, ISBN 978-3-86717-267-7 .
- The third book about Achim by Uwe Johnson , arrangement (together with Dietmar Mues ) and director: NDR / MDR 2009
- The life and fate of Wassili Semjonowitsch Grossman , edited by Helmut Peschina , NDR 2009
- Outrage , radio play by Philip Roth , Prod .: Der Hörverlag, Hamburg 2011, 2 CDs, 88 min.
- Ghosts of Princeton by Daniel Kehlmann NDR 2013
- November 1918 by Alfred Döblin NDR 2014
Awards (selection)
- 1983: Kurt Magnus Prize
- 1988: Kurd-Laßwitz-Prize for his production of Carl Amery : Das Penthouse-Protokoll (WDR / BR / HR 1987)
- 1988: Ernst Reuter Prize for his production by Gert Loschütz : Ballad of the day that is not over (SDR, NDR, WDR 1988)
- 1989: Ernst Reuter Prize for his production by Wolfgang Hegewald : Chester or The Appearance of a Burned Child (WDR 1989)
- 1990: Radio play award of the war blind for his production by Jens Sparschuh : You're a Nebulo (SR / SWF / SDR 1989)
- 1991: Prix Futura (Berlin) for How We Live Now
- 1991: Radio play award from the Academy of Arts for Roberte and Gulliver
- 1991: Morishige Award (Japan) for a visit to Germany
- 1993: Radio play award of the war blind for his production of Werner Fritsch Sense (SWF 1992)
- 2008: German audio book award for "Dreams" by Günter Eich, NDR 2007
- 2013: German Record Critics' Award for “Geister in Princeton” based on Daniel Kehlmann
Web links
- Literature by and about Norbert Schaeffer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Norbert Schaeffer with an extensive list of his work, Hartmann & Stauffacher Verlag
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans-Jürgen Mende : Interview: “Schaeffer designed space like no other”. In: NDR culture . April 22, 2020, accessed on April 22, 2020 (interview with Ulrike Toma; also as mp3 audio , 5.1 MB; 5:37 minutes).
- ↑ Friday, April 26, 2002
- ^ Matthias Thalheim: Master of the acoustic close-up: On the death of the radio play director Norbert Schaeffer. In: Tagesspiegel.de . April 23, 2020, accessed April 23, 2020 .
- ↑ Norbert Schaeffer. Hartmann & Stauffacher Verlag, accessed on April 23, 2020 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Schaeffer, Norbert |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nosch (nickname) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German radio play author and director |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1949 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Saarbrücken |
DATE OF DEATH | April 21, 2020 |