Axel Schock (born 11 September 1965 in

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) is a German

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. Schock grew up in

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. He studied literature and theater at the

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. In 1982 he published his first work and in 1985 received the '' Scheffelpreis'', a prize in literature awarded to high school graduates. He lives openly gay in

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and works as a journalist and editor for different magazines and newspapers, including the gay magazine ''Hinnerk'' in

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and ''citymag Berlin''. As a freelance author, he writes articles for daily newspapers like

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. Schock also writes features for radio (for example RIAS Berlin, DeutschlandRadio and Radio 100) and for TV. He has also written under a pseudonym.

Selected works (in German)

* ''Schreib-Spuren''. (Co-Editor) (1993) * ''Zehn Minuten. Jetzt. Kürzestgeschichten''. (1993) * ''I'm crazy for das Holzfällerhemd''. (1994) * ''Der schwule Sprachführer''. (with Ulf Meyer) (1996) * ''Out!: 800 berühmte Lesben, Schwule und Bisexuelle''. (with Karen-Susan Fessel), 5. Edition. (2004) * ''Das Queer Quiz Buch''. (with Ulrike Anhamm) (1996) * ''Ein letzter Gruß. Trauer – Anatomie eines Gefühls''. (1997) * ''Die Bibliothek von Sodom. Das Buch der schwulen Bücher''. (1998) * ''Die Cazzo-Story. Pornostars, made in Germany''. (2000) * ''Die acapickels drücken sich aus''. (2000) * ''Der schöne Mann ist tot. Beiträge zum Literaturpreis der Schwulen Buchläden''. (Editor, 2003) * ''Out im Kino. Das lesbisch-schwule Filmlexikon''. (with

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) (2004) * ''Out-Takes Das lesbisch-schwule Lexikon des unnützen Wissens''. (with

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) (2005) * ''Mein schwules Auge 3''. (with

Rinaldo Hopf Rinaldo may refer to: *Renaud de Montauban (also spelled Renaut, Renault, Italian: Rinaldo di Montalbano, Dutch: Reinout van Montalbaen, German: Reinhold von Montalban), a legendary knight in the medieval Matter of France * Rinaldo (''Jerusalem Lib ...

) (2006) * ''Schwule Orte. 150 berühmt-berüchtigte Schauplätze'' (2007) * ''Mein schwules Auge 4''. (with Rinaldo Hopf) (2007) * ''Mein schwules Auge 5''. (with Rinaldo Hopf) (2008) * ''Mein schwules Auge 6''. (with Rinaldo Hopf) (2009)

Prizes

* '' Scheffelpreis'', 1985 * '' Literaturpreis der Schwulen Buchläden'' Axel Schock, Der schöne Mann ist tot

References

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