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© Erhard Schmied
© Erhard Schmied

Erhard Schmied

Literature

June, July 2023

Ministerium für Bildung und Kultur Saarland

Born in 1957, grew up near Frankfurt/M. Studied psychology. Two children. Lives as author, editor and dramaturge in Saarbrücken. Prose, radio plays, screenplays, plays for children's and youth theater.

Most recently:

"Crash," crime radio play (WDR 2022).
"Nebel heißt Leben rückwärts", radio play series, 12 episodes, together with Madeleine Giese (SR 2021/22)
"Respekt", crime radio play, episode of the series 'ARD-Radio-Tatort' (SR 2021)
"Des Kaisers neue Kleider", play for children (Theater Überzwerg 2021)
"Der Winkelgast", 45 minute documentary film about the poet Johannes Kühn for German lessons, script and direction (LPM 2021)
"Singe, wem Gesang gegeben", radio play, episode of the series 'Das Schreckmümpfeli' (SRF 2020)
"Über die Dörfer", crime radio play, episode of the series 'ARD-Radio-Tatort' (SR 2019)
"Gute Fahrt", radio play, episode of the series 'Das Schreckmümpfeli' (SRF 2018)

Fellow at the Drehbuchwerkstatt München (1990/91); fellowship at the Villa Massimo in Olevano (1993), fellowship Schloss Wiepersdorf (2002). Prize at the Würzburg Literature Prize (1984); Ruhr Area Literature Promotion Prize (1986); nomination for the German Children's Theater Prize (2002).

Teaching assignments for radio drama and acoustic storytelling as well as for scenic writing. Workshops on the same topics for children, young people and adults throughout the German-speaking world.

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