Roland Schimmelpfennig

Roland Schimmelpfennig (born in Göttingen on 19 September 1967) is an award-winning German theatre director and playwright. He began his career as a journalist, but starting in 1990 he studied at the Otto Falkenberg School to be a theatre director. He is one of Germany's most prolific playwrights, widely praised in Europe but relatively obscure in the United States. His work is said to vary from "kaleidoscopic" and dreamlike to naturalistic. He lives in the Eastern part of Berlin with his wife. Two of his plays, translated as Push Up and The Woman Before, have been performed at the Royal Court Theatre in London

Contents

• Interview with playwright roland schimmelpfennig
• The Africa Trilogy Playwright Roland Schimmelpfennig
• Awards
• References

Awards

2010 Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis

2010 and 1997 Else-Lasker-Schüler-Dramatikerpreis

2009 and 2002 Nestroy-Theaterpreis