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[[Image:Peter Schneider 2008 02.jpg|thumb|Peter Schneider (2008)]]

'''[[Image:Peter Schneider''' (born2008 2102.jpg|thumb|Peter April 1940,Schneider in [[Lübeck2008]]) is a [[Germany|German]] novelist.

'''Peter Schneider''' (born 21 April 1940 in [[Lübeck]]) is a [[German people|German]] writer.

==Life==

Peter Schneider is the son of a [[Conducting|conductor]] and [[composer]]. He spent his early childhood in [[Königsberg]] and [[Saxony]]; from 1945 to 1950 he lived in [[Grainau]] near [[Garmisch-Partenkirchen]], and from 1950 in [[Freiburg|Freiburg im Breisgau]]. After gaining his [[Abitur]] in 1959 he studied German, Historyhistory, and Philosophyphilosophy at the universities of [[University|Universities]] of Freiburg|Freiburg]] and [[University of Munich|Munich]]. In 1962 he continued his studies at the [[Free University of Berlin]]. In the Federalfederal election campaign of 1965 he worked together with a number of well-known writers in the ''Wahlkampfkontor'' (electoral office) of the [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]].

During the 1960s Schneider experienced a political radicalisation that led him to become one of the spokespersons and organisers of the West Berlin [[West German student movement]]. In 1967 he was involved in the preparation of the so-called "[[Axel Springer|Springer-Tribunal]]". He was a member of a group aiming to found a [[Proletariat|proletarian]] political party and rouse the [[working class]]. For this reason Schneider worked temporarily as an unskilled worker in one of the [[Robert Bosch GmbH|Bosch]]- factories. Later he taught in a [[private school]] and did freelance work in broadcasting. In 1972 he tookreceived his degree, but in 1973 the education authorities in West Berlin refused to appoint him as a trainee teacher on account of his political activity. That decision was overturned by a court in West Berlin in 1976.

Having in the meantime established himself as a [[writer]], Schneider gave up the idea of teaching. His novel ''Lenz'', published in 1973, had become a cult text for the German left, capturing the feelings of those disappointed by the failure of their utopian revolt. Since then Peter, Schneider has written [[novel]]s, [[short story|short stories]], and [[screenplay|film scripts]] that often deal with the fate of members of his generation. Other works deal with the situation of Berlin before and after [[German reunification]]. Schneider is also a major [[essay]]ist.

Schneider has frequently held posts as visiting professor or writer in residence at universities in the [[United States]], including [[Stanford University|Stanford]], [[Harvard University|Harvard]] and [[Princeton University|Princeton]]. Since 2001 he has been the Roth Distinguished Writer-in-Residence at [[Georgetown University]]. He lives in [[Berlin]].

Peter Schneider is a member of the German [[International PEN|PEN]] Club. He is a recipient of a [[Villa Massimo|Villa Massimo scholarship]] (1979) and the Förderpreis für Literatur des Kulturkreises of the Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie (1983).

==Works in English==

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* ''Couplings'', New York 1996

* ''Eduard's Homecoming'', New York 2000

* ''[[Berlin Now]]'', Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2014

==Secondary Literatureliterature==

* Alois Prinz: ''Der poetische Mensch im Schatten der Utopie'', Würzburg 1990

* Colin Riordan (ed.): ''Peter Schneider'', Cardiff 1995

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* Elizabeth Snyder Hook: ''Family secrets and the contemporary German novel'', Rochester, NY [u. a.] 2001

* Gundula M. Sharman: ''Twentieth century reworkings of German literature'', Rochester, NY [u. a.] 2002

==Filmography==

*''{{ill|The Man on the Wall|de|Der Mann auf der Mauer}}'', directed by [[Reinhard Hauff]] (1982, based on ''Der Mauerspringer'')

*''[[Rua Alguem 5555: My Father]]'', directed by Egidio Eronico (2003, based on ''Vati'')

'''Screenwriter'''

*''Abgründe'' ([[Anthology film]], segment: ''Robert'', dir. [[Peter Lilienthal]], 1967, TV film)

*''[[Knife in the Head]]'' (dir. [[Reinhard Hauff]], 1978)

*''[[Pestalozzi's Mountain]]'' (dir. [[Peter von Gunten]], 1989)

*''[[The Promise (1995 film)|The Promise]]'' (dir. [[Margarethe von Trotta]], 1995)

==References==

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==External links==

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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071009003741/http://www.peterschneider-autor.de/ Internetpräsenz von Peter Schneider]

* {{DNB portal|118758675|TYP=|NAME=Peter Schneider}}

* [http://halleinstitute.emory.edu/schneider/schneider.html/ Biography]

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