Sylvia Schopf

Sylvia Schopf (* 1956 in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe ) is a German actress , journalist and writer .

Life

Sylvia Schopf grew up in the Rhine-Main area. After studying art, theology and education, she lived in southern Spain for two years. This was followed by an acting training in Germany in Frankfurt am Main and Munich, in order to then appear as an actress in independent theaters . In 1986 she founded the mobile theater group Krick-Krack Theaterwerkstatt together with the Munich theater maker Kelle Riedl , which she has been running solely as a Krick-Krack narrative theater since Riedl's death in 1993 . In addition to her acting activities, she has written plays for children and adults.

Since 1992 she has been writing and producing articles and features on cultural and historical topics for various radio stations ( Deutschlandradio Kultur , Hessischer Rundfunk , Bayerischer Rundfunk , Deutschlandfunk , WDR ) .

She has also published numerous articles and articles on cultural-historical topics and on travel topics in newspapers and magazines. a. for Mainzer Allgemeine Zeitung , Darmstädter Echo , Frankfurter Rundschau , Deutsches Allgemeine Sonntagsblatt , Stuttgarter Zeitung and FAZ . She also worked temporarily as a writer for television.

Since 1992 she has published books for adults and children, a. a. published by Herder and Annette Betz , and since 2015 she has also published new editions of out-of-print titles in the Gegenwind edition . She has received scholarships for her book publications, including a. with a travel grant to Mexico from the Association of German Writers and a grant from the Bertelsmann Foundation .

She appears throughout Germany and abroad with her storytelling programs and readings in cultural centers, libraries, theaters and museums. She also leads workshops for children as well as practical seminars and advanced training for educators on the topics of language and theater.

Sylvia Schopf lives in Frankfurt am Main .

Works

prose

• Madonna wanted . Detective novel. Rhön publishing house. New edition: Ehgart & Albohm 2005. ISBN 978-3936705744
• How death came into the world . Myths and stories from all over the world, Herder Verlag , Freiburg 2007. ISBN 978-3451296055

(Translation into Korean 2009)

• Time for vengeance . Detective novel. Gmeiner-Verlag , Meßkirch 2014. ISBN 978-3839215739
• Bloody graffiti . Detective novel. Südwestbuch Verlag, Waiblingen 2018. ISBN 978-3-946686-56-9

Children's and young people's literature

picture books

• Farewell to Rosetta . To the death of a pet. Illu .: Manfred Tophoven, Annette Betz Verlag , Vienna 2006. ISBN 978-3219112696

Translation into Danish.

• Marie now has spiked braids - from Europe to Africa and back . Flip picture book. Illu .: Susanne Smajic, Annette Betz Verlag, Vienna 2006, (2nd edition 2010). ISBN 978-3-219112450
• We don't play with that . Illu .: Manfred Tophoven, Annette Betz Verlag, Vienna 2009. (4th edition 2014). ISBN 978-3-219-11613-7

Translation into Finnish and Danish 2009. ISBN 978-3219114096

• Paul Bright / Hannah George: Booger Paul on a long journey . Storybook story. Retold in rhymes by Sylvia Schopf. Bungarten Verlag, Cologne 2013. ISBN 3-940681547

Children's books

• Mucke and Flo - friends stick together . Illu: Jutta Gabert, Kerle Verlag; New edition The Treasure Chest 2011. ISBN 978-3-869061528
• Peppi pepperoni . Illu .: Susanne Schwandt , Neuer Breitschopf Verlag, Vienna 1992. ISBN 3-7004-0175-2 ; New edition BoD , 2000. ISBN 978-3831110872 ; New edition Edition Gegenwind - BoD, Norderstedt 2015. ISBN 978-3-7347-3847-0 .
• You are brave, little bear . Reading stories from 3 years old, Ill .: Eva Muszynski Kerle Verlag , 2004; ISBN 978-3-451-70538-0

Translation into Polish in 2004

• Maxie comes to school . Illu .: Irmgard Paule, School Beginners Stories, Kerle Verlag, Freiburg 2002. ISBN 3-451-70407-2
• Malinche - Princess of the Aztecs . Elefanten Press Verlag , Berlin 1997. ISBN 3-88520-607-2 ; New edition BoD, 2002. ISBN 978-3831142255 ; New edition Edition Gegenwind - BoD, Norderstedt 2015. ISBN 978-3-7347-9594-7 .
• Seven stories of creation from all over the world . Illu .: Kirsten Reinhold, Patmos Verlag , Düsseldorf 2005. ISBN 3-491-79747-0 .
• The most beautiful theater classics . Herder Verlag, 2009. ISBN 978-3451704277 .

Translation into Polish 2011

• Goethe for children - told in stories . Illu .: Yvonne Hoppe-Engbring, Kerle Verlag, Freiburg 2011. ISBN 978-3451710636 .
• Who rides so late through night and wind . Ballads told in stories. Illu .: Yvonne Hoppe-Engbring, Kerle Verlag, Munich 2012. ISBN 978-3451711220 .
• Curtain up and clear the stage! . Theater classics - told in stories. Illu .: Yvonne Hoppe-Engbring, Kerle Verlag, Munich 2013. ISBN 978-3451711015 .
• As you like it - Shakespeare for children . Illu .: Yvonne Hoppe-Engbring. Kerle Verlag Munich 2014. ISBN 978-3451711770 .
• Marie now has spiked braids - from Europe to Africa and back . Flip story book. Illu .: Susanne Smajic, BVK Buchverlag Kempen, Kempen 2018. ISBN 978-3-86740-926-1
• Marie now has spiked braids - from Europe to Africa and back . Material accompanying the book. BVK Buchverlag Kempen, Kempen 2019. ISBN 978-3-86740-964-3
• Goethe for children - told in stories . Illu .: Yvonne Hoppe-Engbring, new edition Kizz Verlag, Munich 2019. ISBN 978-3-451-71571-6 .

Sound carrier

• How the ancient Greeks really lived . World knowledge Romans & Greeks. Hörverlag , Munich 2008. ISBN 978-3867172165 .
• Goethe for children . Igel Records Genius, 2014. ISBN 3-731310449
• Kindergarten stories that make you strong , in it: We don't play with that, Silberfisch, 2014. ISBN 978-3551088796
• Who rides so late through night and wind . Igel Records Genius, 2015. ISBN 978-3-7313-1094-5
• The whole world of knowledge - 2 . therein: Montezuma - Or the Fall of the Aztec Empire, Hörverlag, Munich 2015. ISBN 978-3-8445-2012-5

Non-fiction

• Playing theater with children . On the basics of theater play. Diesterweg Verlag , Frankfurt 1996. ISBN 978-3425014784
• What happens every day . Play stories for kindergarten and preschool. Matthias-Grünewald Verlag 1998. ISBN 978-3786720942
• We discover fantastic worlds . Play stories for kindergarten and preschool. Matthias-Grünewald Verlag 1998 ISBN 978-3786721109 ;

We discover fantastic worlds. New edition Edition Gegenwind - BoD, Norderstedt 2015. ISBN 978-3-7386-1095-6 .

• Castle Theater. Earn history. Method and practice of adventure theater. Matthias-Grünewald Verlag, 2001. ISBN 978-3786717355 .

Plays

• Peppi Pepperoni and how to spoon out your soup (first performance 1987 in the Off-Off Theater, Munich)
• Peppi goes crazy and blah-blah-blah - and it goes on . Premiere in 1988 and 1989 in the Off-Off Theater, Munich
• Kralli and Lalli - a game like cat and dog . First performance September 1991, Theaterwerkstatt Munich
• Mrs. Populini and the lid on the pot - when thoughts go for a walk . First performance in February 1992 in the Senckenberg Museum , Frankfurt
• Where is TaTaFiTi? - The way to the future . First performance September 1993 in the Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt
• It looked like ... Feathered serpent . Aztec myth and greed for conquest - a true story from history. First performance in 1994 at the Museum für Völkerkunde in Frankfurt
• Secrecy . First performance in March 1995 at the Historisches Museum Frankfurt
• Buluku - fabulous animals from Africa . First performance 1996 Holzhausenschlösschen in Frankfurt
• Malinche, princess of the Aztecs . Narrative theater for the book of the same name. First performance in November 1997 at the Völkerkundemuseum / Frankfurt
• Wiltraudis and the castle treasure . Premiere 1998, Holzhausenschlößchen, Frankfurt am Main
• Madonna wanted - crime monologue . Premiere 1999, Romanfabrik, Frankfurt am Main
• The raven Ralf or how to learn to fly . Musical theater piece with poems by Christian Morgenstern - in collaboration with Rudi Gerharz. Premiere April 2000 Holzhausenschlösschen, Frankfurt am Main
• Little princess and the country behind the wall . Fantastic and adventurous story. Premiere March 2003 at the Gallus Theater , Frankfurt am Main
• Mucke and Flo - friends stick together . Narrative theater for the book of the same name. Premiere November 2004 in the Literaturhaus Frankfurt am Main
• How death came into the world . Premiere, 2008, Haus am Dom , Frankfurt am Main
• Goethe's Faust - a devilish game . Premiere 2010, Goethe-Haus , Frankfurt am Main

Web links

• Literature by and about Sylvia Schopf in the catalog of the German National Library
• Official homepage with bibliography, vita and event information

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} See Vita on Sylvia Schopf's homepage.
2. ↑ krickkrack-theater.de , homepage of the Krickkrack storytelling theater homepage