Roland Schimmelpfennig

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Roland Schimmelpfennig (born in Göttingen on 19 September 1967) is an award-winning German theatre director and playwright. He began his career as a journalist, but starting in 1990 he studied at the Otto Falkenberg School to be a theatre director.^[1] He is one of Germany's most prolific playwrights, widely praised in Europe but relatively obscure in the United States.^[2] His work is said to vary from "kaleidoscopic" and dreamlike to naturalistic. He lives in the Eastern part of Berlin with his wife.^[3]

Awards

2010 Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis
2010 and 1997 Else-Lasker-Schüler-Dramatikerpreis
2009 and 2002 Nestroy-Theaterpreis

References

↑ Goethe Institute
↑ New York Theatre Wire
↑ The Wall Street Journal

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Name	Schimmelpfennig, Roland
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Short description	German playwright
Date of birth	19 September 1967
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