René Pollesch (29 October 1962 – 26 February 2024) was a German author and dramatist.
Life and career
From 1983 to 1989, he studied Applied Theatre Studies at the
University of Giessen
University of Giessen, official name Justus Liebig University Giessen (), is a large public research university in Giessen, Hesse, Germany. It is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the German-speaking world. It is named afte ...
. He won the
Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis in 2001 for ''world wide web-slums'' and again in 2006
for ''Cappuccetto Rosso''.
In 2012 Pollesch organized an exhibition project at
Galerie Buchholz, which culminated in a publication.
He was named as the new director of Berlin's
Volksbühne
The Volksbühne ("People's Theatre") is a theater in Berlin. Located in Berlin's city center Mitte on Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz (Rosa Luxemburg Square) in what was the GDR's capital. It has been called Berlin's most iconic theatre.
About
The V ...
Theatre in 2019 and took up the role in 2021. Pollesch died in
Berlin
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on 26 February 2024, at the age of 61. He outed himself as gay.
Queer.de: Theaterwelt trauert um René Pollesch
27 Februar 2024
Sources
* Franz-Josef Deiters: "'Mit Hamlet kann ich meinen Alltag nicht bewältigen'. René Polnischs Theorietheater des Nichtrepräsentierbaren". In: Franz-Josef Deiters: ''Neues Welttheater? Zur Mediologie des Theaters der Neo-Avantgarden''. Erich Schmidt Verlag, Berlin 2022, pp. 85-113 ().
References
External links
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1962 births
2024 deaths
German male dramatists and playwrights
21st-century German dramatists and playwrights
Members of the Academy of Arts, Berlin
People from Friedberg, Hesse
German LGBTQ dramatists and playwrights
German gay writers
20th-century German LGBTQ people
21st-century German LGBTQ people