Biography
1940: Born, the third of six children, in Luebeck, Germany. Father: Horst Schneider, composer and conductor. Mother: Anneliese (maiden name: Rademacher). Residence in Koenigsberg and Sachsen until the end of WW II.
1945-1950: Elementary school in Grainau (Bavaria, Germany), where the family lived in an apartment which was part of their maternal grandfather's house.
1950-1959: Bertold-Gymnasium (High School), Freiburg (Breisgau, Germany). Abitur (Diploma), 1959.
1959-1964: Studies in German, history, and philosophy at the Universities of Freiburg, Munich, and Berlin.
1966-1972: Active in the student movements, in Berlin and Trento (Italy).
Since 1972: resided in Italy, and since 1985, Writer-in-Residence and Visiting Professor at various American universities, including: Stanford, Princeton, Dartmouth, Harvard, Washington University (St. Louis), and Georgetown University.
1996-1997: Fellow of the Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, D.C.
2000-2006: Roth Distinguished Writer-in-Residence, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
1940: Born, the third of six children, in Luebeck, Germany. Father: Horst Schneider, composer and conductor. Mother: Anneliese (maiden name: Rademacher). Residence in Koenigsberg and Sachsen until the end of WW II.
1945-1950: Elementary school in Grainau (Bavaria, Germany), where the family lived in an apartment which was part of their maternal grandfather's house.
1950-1959: Bertold-Gymnasium (High School), Freiburg (Breisgau, Germany). Abitur (Diploma), 1959.
1959-1964: Studies in German, history, and philosophy at the Universities of Freiburg, Munich, and Berlin.
1966-1972: Active in the student movements, in Berlin and Trento (Italy).
Since 1972: resided in Italy, and since 1985, Writer-in-Residence and Visiting Professor at various American universities, including: Stanford, Princeton, Dartmouth, Harvard, Washington University (St. Louis), and Georgetown University.
1996-1997: Fellow of the Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, D.C.
2000-2006: Roth Distinguished Writer-in-Residence, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
Bibliography
Authored over 20 books, including novels, short stories and essays, some of them translated into 20 different languages.
English Publications
The Wall Jumper, (New York: Pantheon Books, 1983)
The German Comedy (New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1991)
Couplings (New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1996)
Eduard's Homecoming (New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux,, 2000)
Lenz, in Three Contemporary German Novellas (New York: The German Library, 2001).
Several screenplays, among them, "Messer im Kopf" ("Knife in the Head"), directed by Reinhard Hauff, and "Das Versprechen" ("The Promise"), directed by Margarethe von Trotta. The short story, "Vati" ("My Father") has recently been filmed, starring Charlton Heston, Abraham F. Murray and Thomas Kretschmar, directed by Egidio Eronico, and "Vivaldi" (will be produced 2008).
Journalism
Numerous news articles and essays in: Der Spiegel, Die Zeit, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, New Republic, Newsweek, Time, Le Monde, Libération, Dagens Nyheter, La Repubblica, Corriere Della Sera, among others.
Authored over 20 books, including novels, short stories and essays, some of them translated into 20 different languages.
English Publications
The Wall Jumper, (New York: Pantheon Books, 1983)
The German Comedy (New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1991)
Couplings (New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1996)
Eduard's Homecoming (New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux,, 2000)
Lenz, in Three Contemporary German Novellas (New York: The German Library, 2001).
Several screenplays, among them, "Messer im Kopf" ("Knife in the Head"), directed by Reinhard Hauff, and "Das Versprechen" ("The Promise"), directed by Margarethe von Trotta. The short story, "Vati" ("My Father") has recently been filmed, starring Charlton Heston, Abraham F. Murray and Thomas Kretschmar, directed by Egidio Eronico, and "Vivaldi" (will be produced 2008).
Journalism
Numerous news articles and essays in: Der Spiegel, Die Zeit, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, New Republic, Newsweek, Time, Le Monde, Libération, Dagens Nyheter, La Repubblica, Corriere Della Sera, among others.