Nationality German Name Denis Scheck | Role Literary critic TV shows Druckfrisch | |
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Occupation Journalist, Literary critic Known for presenting the television show Druckfrisch Books Kurt Vonnegut, King Kong, Spock & Drella Awards Deutscher Fernsehpreis - Outstanding Achievement in Information | ||
Denis scheck liest 50 shades of grey
Denis Scheck (born 15 December 1964) is a German literary critic and journalist.
Contents
- Denis scheck liest 50 shades of grey
- A S Byatt and Denis Scheck at the British Councils Literature Seminar in Berlin
- Biography
- Controversy
- Publications
- Honours
- References
A S Byatt and Denis Scheck at the British Council's Literature Seminar in Berlin
Biography
Born in Stuttgart, he studied German studies, contemporary history and political science at the universities of Tübingen, Düsseldorf and Dallas, and earned a master's degree at the University of Texas at Dallas. He was a Visiting Professor at the University of Göttingen in 2004.
Scheck has been a literary agent, translator of American and British authors, publisher and independent critic. In 1997, he was appointed literary editor at Deutschlandfunk. He has presented the ARD programme Druckfrisch since February 2003.
Controversy
Scheck criticized the decision of German publisher Thienemann to change a handful of racist and racially insensitive terms in Otfried Preussler’s “The Little Witch,” a German children’s classic from the nineteen-fifties. In January 2013, he went on TV, dressed up as a minstrel, with his face painted in black, red lips and white gloves, in order to raise his protest. What followed was an outcry, during which Scheck was accused of using racist symbols and, therefore, promoting racism.