Axel Schock

Axel Schock
Born September 11, 1965(1965-09-11)
Neckarbischofsheim, Germany
Occupation writer
Nationality German

Axel Schock (born September 11, 1965 in Neckarbischofsheim, Baden-Württemberg) 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[1][2] 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.

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Selected works (in German)

Prizes

References

  1. ^ Speaking in Queer Tongues: Globalization and Gay Language, by William L. Leap/Tom Boellstorff, University of Illinois Press 2003
  2. ^ Brockmann, Stephen; James D. Steakley, Jost Hermand (September 2001). Heroes and heroism in German culture. Rodopi. pp. 217–221. ISBN 9-0420-1456-3. 
  3. ^ Axel Schock, Der schöne Mann ist tot

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