Elke Heidenreich

Elke Heidenreich (* February 15, 1943 in Korbach Elke Helene Rieger ) is a German writer, literary critic, stand-up comedian, presenter, journalist and opera librettist.

Life

Elke Heidenreich grew up in food as a daughter of an automobile mechanic and gas station owner up, left her parents' home in 1958 and was in 1963 in Bonn, the High School. She studied from 1963 to 1969 in Munich, Hamburg and Berlin German, journalism, theater history and religious studies. In 1965 she married Gert Heidenreich, separated from him and later married in 1972 Bernd Schroeder, from which they also lived separately for 1995. Both Gert Heidenreich and Bernd Schroeder, she works to this day. The Hamburg pianist and composer Marc -Aurel Floros is her partner since 2006. From 1970 to Heidenreich is a freelance author and literary critic for newspapers, radio and television. Since 2008 she has been the editor of the "Edition Elke Heidenreich, C. Bertelsmann ," appear in the novels and non-fiction books with a musical theme. She began her career in the media as a freelancer for radio stations SWF3. Today Elke Heidenreich lives in Cologne and in the Eifel.

The figure "Else Stratmann "

In 1975, she invented the comedy figure Else Stratmann. Elke Heidenreich presented the " brash butcher 's wife from pan - Eickelmann ," the rants of petty bourgeois perspective on contemporary issues, in over 4,000 contributions to the radio on WDR 2 and SWF 3, but also on small stages, intercom panels and on TV at the " current gym " in ZDF and dar. at the Olympic games in Los Angeles and Seoul Further evidence Tante Else the reconciliations to the VHS - Video 3 chords for Hallelujah the band Die Toten Hosen from the year 1989.

Television, radio and print media

Elke Heidenreich hosted numerous talk shows and radio programs - it helped about 1984 Beikircher breakthrough - and worked as a columnist ( "So ..." for the magazine Brigitte ) operates. In the 1990s, it was increasingly in the literary field active. Between April 2003 and October 2008, led by the ZDF program reading!, In which it six to eight times a year introduced new releases and recommended books.

In addition, she starred in the feature film Space Patrol - Rücksturz to the movies as an intelligence officer Helma Krap. Now and then she was also active as a voice actress. She is also the voice of the German commentator " Rita caterpillar " in the Belgian animated series Zoo Olympics ( 1990-1992).

2006 Heidenreich was commissioned by the magazine Brigitte an edition out in their target group in particular is aimed at women, and thus followed examples such as the Süddeutsche newspaper library or the Star Crime Library. She expressed her dislike of recent works of older writers such as Günter Grass and Martin Walser, which she has described as " disgusting Altmännerliteratur ". The reaction of the two authors fell out just as sharp. Heidenreich revised this judgment against Walser given his Goethe 's novel A loving man.

Also in Brigitte, she published an article in November 2004 titled I must infect me, in which they " hysterical bans " called smoking bans.

In November 2008 it was reported that Elke Heidenreich from autumn 2009 wanted to start a company specializing in music themes Edition at Bertelsmann. The position previously offered as publishing director in the publishing group Random House, she gave up due to time constraints.

In July 2012 and in December 2013 Heidenreich had a guest appearance in the ARD series Forbidden Love.

Since September 2012 Elke Heidenreich takes together with Hildegard Elisabeth Keller and Rüdiger Safranski in the mission Literature Club Swiss television part, which will be moderated by Stefan doubt.

Opera

Another creative business that Heidenreich has discovered late in itself, is the seal of opera libretti. Since she experienced at the age of 13 years for the first time Mozart's Magic Flute, she is fond of opera. From 1998, she wrote the librettos for opera pieces that are placed at the Cologne Opera for children to the performance. They modernized the texts for children age operas in moderate shape. " I'd rather have something with music made ​​than with books ," Heidenreich once said about their preferred activity. On December 6, 2008 should their first opera, " Adriana's case " will be premiered at the Cologne Opera. The music was composed by Marc -Aurel Floros. The premiere had to be postponed because of a serious illness by Floros, as the composer could not finally finish the score. (see also Chap. movies)

In the season 2012/2013 Elke Heidenreich wrote as a columnist for the " Semper! Magazine" the Semperoper Dresden and put under the title " semper secco " their views on various topics Opera dar.

Controversy about program quality and deposition of " Read! "

During a sensational critique of the literary critic Marcel Reich -Ranicki on the program quality of public television supported him Heidenreich in enthusiastic manner with an article in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. They also attacked the ZDF no names and offered also in seemingly -cheek way to their termination. In fact, they expressed in a second FAZ article their will to remain. Heidenreich's reaction polarized in as sharp manner. While one part of journalists and letter writers praised her courage to debate against a chronic nuisance, others criticized the sharpness of their criticism, which was to be treated in accordance with labor law, namely with her ​​dismissal. They even regretted for being awarded the Hans Bausch Mediapreis their choice of words, she had " all this does not mean it. "

Two important meetings were hardly known in the debate, or at least mentioned little: for a negotiated Heidenreich for over a year with ZDF about a former broadcast date as 22:30 clock. Here, you have repeatedly made ​​commitments in view, and then postponed again. On the other Reich-Ranicki phone had given his consent that she could give a eulogy at the German TV award to him after their presentation. This in turn rejected the program makers. Eventually, however, denied Reich-Ranicki a positive consultation with Heidenreich and gave her also a " intrigue " and " miserable " behavior towards host Thomas Gottschalk. Temporarily denied Reich-Ranicki from also, to have criticized the program quality itself.

While Heidenreich later reconciled with Gottschalk, on the other hand announced the next day after Reich - Ranicki's allegations, on 23 October 2008, ZDF director Markus Schaechter, and Programme Director Thomas Bellut common Heidenreich's employment contract. An Open Letter of 15 well-known publishers could not change his mind and Schächter Bellut. They put the criticism Heidenreichs than a purely labor conflict and avoided an opinion on the quality debate. Previously it rejected the director of ARD, ZDF and RTL to participate in a televised debate with Reich-Ranicki on improving program quality, as suggested by Gottschalk. Furthermore Bellut expressed his intention to consult Reich-Ranicki after followers of Heidenreich, which he then but failed. Reich-Ranicki wanted but " ZDF help ", " provided that the transmitter turn to him." Heidenreich were then made ​​offers of several television stations, including the Swiss television, continue their literary program in the same or similar manner.

" Read! " On the Internet

November 28, 2008 Heidenreich told a news conference that they broadcast their literature reading! newly produced no longer on TV, but for the internet every month and distributes it. After initial skepticism, she was now convinced that the Internet is " the medium of the future " was. It holds all the rights to the broadcast and published their shipments unchanged when litCOLONY literature portal, which is founded by the organizers of the Cologne Literature Festival lit.Cologne, "the largest literary festival in Europe ". litCOLONY to become the largest German Literature Portal. Her first guest was the punk singer Campino. Location was their favorite pub Cologne Backes, who enjoys a high popularity among artists and the residents of the district. Although it was aware that they would lose some of their previous audience initially, but they 'll sure to gain many other internet savvy users.

In an interview with the Bayerischer Rundfunk at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2009 Heidenreich gave their withdrawal from the webcast reading! known with the 35th series of the year. Most recently, she had once presented a book of the week every week. A continuation in the form of another project in this direction, but they did not rule out.

Commitment

Heidenreich was one of the authors, on the occasion of the third anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq the world as the "Day of the political lie " proclaimed March 20. In a statement, the Berlin Peter Weiss Foundation authors announced public readings in forty cities of Europe, America, Asia and Australia.

Elke Heidenreich has been one of the founding Cologne's children's opera to their biggest supporters. Literary program produced its first reading for the ZDF! she chose the stage as a backdrop.

She is also a member of the Citizens' Committee alternative honorary citizenship, the alternative awards honorary citizenships in Cologne.

Awards

Works

• May it be a little bit more? 1984
• Sliced ​​or whole? 1985
• Foul Territory - A Song of Germany in six movements, 1985
• With or without bones? 1986
• Company Noah's Ark, 1986
• "So ..." - columns from Brigitte, 1988
• Datt can be donnich healthy - Else Stratmann about Sport, Olympic and thingy, 1988
• Colonies of love, 1992
• Nero Corleone. Hanser Verlag, Munich 1995, ISBN 978-3-446-18344-5
• At the South Pole, you think it's hot in 1998
• Anything else ( illustrations by Bernd Pfarr ), 1999
• The world 's back ( short stories ), 2002
• Sleep murderer - on Shakespeare's Macbeth (along with Tom Krausz ), 2002
• Nureyev's Dog - What desire can, 2002
• Erika - or the hidden meaning of life. Sanssouci Verlag, Munich 2002.
• Tom Krausz: With our eyes - Travel Stories, 2007
• Love, 2008
• A journey through Verdi's Italy, 2008
• Passione. Love letter to the music. Hanser, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-446-23325-6.
• Old love. Stories (together with Bernd Schroeder ), Hanser, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-446-23393-5.
• Nero Corleone returns. Hanser, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-446-23661-5.
• Tom Krausz: Dylan Thomas - Welsh poet, drinker. Knesebeckstraße, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-86873-222-1.
• Daniel Mueller ( Illustrator ): Home Stories: Animals observed through the keyhole Kein & Aber, Zurich / Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-0369-5650-3.

• A dream of music. 46 declarations of love, Bertelsmann, München 2010, ISBN 978-3-570-58014-1

• Nestwärme (1972 )
• Sonntagsgeschichten with Anna (1974 )
• The Challenge (1975 )
• Seductions (1979 )
• Girlfriends (1980 )
• Tour de Ruhr (1981 )
• Under German roofs (1983 )
• Lucky (1984 )
• And Pleasant Land (1984 )
• Triple Rittberger (1987 )
• Nero Corleone (1995 )
• So ... read Best Columns from the Brigitte Elke Heidenreich (2004)
• Nureyev's Dog ( 2005) ( awarded the HörKules 2006)
• Macbeth - sleep murderer (2006)
• New York Stories of Dorothy Parker ( 2007)
• At the South Pole, you think it's hot read by Elke Heidenreich (2009)
• Nero Corleone returns read by Elke Heidenreich (2011)

• Elke Heidenreich, Christian Schuller, Klaus Lefebvre: The Secret Kingdom. Opera for children. Kiepenheuer & Petrovich, Cologne 2007, 208 pp., ISBN 978-3462039597.
• Elke Heidenreich, Christian Schuller: Opera! A declaration of love. 2 CDs, Random House Audio, Munich 2004, ISBN 978-3898305839.

Movies

• Spaceballs, synchronous voice ( Dotty Matrix), parody comedy, 1987, written and directed by Mel Brooks
• Space Patrol - Rücksturz to the movies, feature film, 2003.
• Elke Heidenreich: Quite so easy it should not be. Documentation, Germany, 58 min, 2004, written and directed by Claudia Müller, Production: SWR.
• Elke Heidenreich Beckmann. Interview broadcast: September 26, 2005 Summary of the ARD with online video, 24:19 min
• Elke Heidenreich - himself! Television documentary, 2008, 30 min, first broadcast February 16, 2008, directed by Claudia Müller, Production: Radio Bremen, table of contents.
• Pottering for Adriana's case. Reportage, 2008 Director: Christian David, Production: WDR, first broadcast 4 September 2008.
• The best in the west - Elke Heidenreich. Documentation, Germany, 2008, 45 min Production: WDR television, first broadcast November 7, 2008, notice.