Axel Schock
Encyclopedia
Axel Schock is a German journalist
and author
.
Schock grew up in Sinsheim
. He studied literature and theater at the Free University of Berlin
. In 1982 he published his first work and in 1985 received the Scheffelpreis, a prize in literature awarded to high school graduates.
He lives openly gay in Berlin
and works as a journalist and editor for different magazines and newspapers, including the gay
magazine Hinnerk in Hamburg
and citymag Berlin. As a freelance author, he writes articles for daily newspapers like Berliner Zeitung
, taz
and Berliner Morgenpost
. Schock also writes features for radio (for example RIAS Berlin, DeutschlandRadio and Radio 100) and for TV. He has also written under a pseudonym.
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
and author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
.
Schock grew up in Sinsheim
Sinsheim
Sinsheim is a town in southwestern Germany, in the Rhine Neckar Area of the state Baden-Württemberg about 22 kilometers southeast of Heidelberg and about 28 kilometers northwest of Heilbronn in the district Rhein-Neckar. It consists of a city center and 11 suburbs with a total population of 35,605...
. He studied literature and theater at the Free University of Berlin
Free University of Berlin
Freie Universität Berlin is one of the leading and most prestigious research universities in Germany and continental Europe. It distinguishes itself through its modern and international character. It is the largest of the four universities in Berlin. Research at the university is focused on the...
. In 1982 he published his first work and in 1985 received the Scheffelpreis, a prize in literature awarded to high school graduates.
He lives openly gay in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
and works as a journalist and editor for different magazines and newspapers, including the gay
Gay
Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....
magazine Hinnerk in Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
and citymag Berlin. As a freelance author, he writes articles for daily newspapers like Berliner Zeitung
Berliner Zeitung
The Berliner Zeitung, founded in 1945, is a German center-left daily newspaper based in Berlin, published by Berliner Verlag. It is the only East German paper to achieve national prominence since unification. In 2003, the Berliner was Berlin's largest subscription newspaper—the weekend...
, taz
Die tageszeitung
die tageszeitung , was founded in 1978 in Berlin. It is a cooperative-owned German daily newspaper which is administrated by a workers' self-management...
and Berliner Morgenpost
Berliner Morgenpost
Berliner Morgenpost is a German newspaper, based and mainly read in Berlin, where it is the second most read daily newspaper. Founded in 1898 by Leopold Ullstein, it was taken over by Axel Springer AG in 1959. The paper had a circulation of 145,556 issues in 2009, with an estimated 322,000 readers...
. Schock also writes features for radio (for example RIAS Berlin, DeutschlandRadio and Radio 100) and for TV. He has also written under a pseudonym.
Selected works (in German)
- Schreib-Spuren. (Co-Editor) (1993)
- Zehn Minuten. Jetzt. Kürzestgeschichten. (1993)
- I'm crazy for das Holzfällerhemd. (1994)
- Der schwule Sprachführer. (with Ulf Meyer) (1996)
- Out!: 800 berühmte Lesben, Schwule und Bisexuelle. (with Karen-Susan Fessel), 5. Edition. (2004)
- Das Queer Quiz Buch. (with Ulrike Anhamm) (1996)
- Ein letzter Gruß. Trauer – Anatomie eines Gefühls. (1997)
- Die Bibliothek von Sodom. Das Buch der schwulen Bücher. (1998)
- Die Cazzo-Story. Pornostars, made in Germany. (2000)
- Die acapickels drücken sich aus. (2000)
- Der schöne Mann ist tot. Beiträge zum Literaturpreis der Schwulen Buchläden. (Editor, 2003)
- Out im Kino. Das lesbisch-schwule Filmlexikon. (with Manuela KayManuela KayManuela Kay is a German lesbian journalist, writer, film-maker, and magazine editor.-Life and career:After finishing her studies, Kay worked as a journalist on various radio programmes. She made several videos on lesbian sexuality and pornography...
) (2004) - Out-Takes Das lesbisch-schwule Lexikon des unnützen Wissens. (with Karin Schupp) (2005)
- Mein schwules Auge 3. (with Rinaldo Hopf) (2006)
- Schwule Orte. 150 berühmt-berüchtigte Schauplätze (2007)
- Mein schwules Auge 4. (with Rinaldo Hopf) (2007)
- Mein schwules Auge 5. (with Rinaldo Hopf) (2008)
- Mein schwules Auge 6. (with Rinaldo Hopf) (2009)
Prizes
- Scheffelpreis, 1985
- Literaturpreis der Schwulen Buchläden
External links
- Querverlag:Axel Schock
- Axel Schock in German National LibraryGerman National LibraryThe German National Library is the central archival library and national bibliographic centre for the Federal Republic of Germany...