Axel Brauns
{{short description|German writer and filmmaker|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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Axel Brauns (born 2 July 1963) is a German writer and filmmaker.
Biography
Brauns was born in Hamburg, West Germany, and spent the first two years of his life in the quarter Eimsbüttel. In 1965, his family moved to Hamburg-Groß Flottbek. There Brauns went to a kindergarten, an elementary school and a gymnasium, where he did his Abitur at 19 years of age.Rose, Katharina. Fremdwahrnehmung und Selbstwahrnehmung einer autistischen Störung im Kindes- und Jugendalter. Dargestellt am Beispiel der Autobiographie von Axel Brauns. Vordiplomarbeit. Grin Verlag, 2007. {{ISBN|978-3638775748}}. He then began studying for a degree in Business Administration and Law at the University of Hamburg, but left it in 1984 to focus on writing.{{cite web |url=http://www.hoffmann-und-campe.de/autoren-info/axel-brauns/ |title=Autoren Details |publisher=HOFFMANN UND CAMPE VERLAG |language=German |accessdate=28 November 2013}}
In 2000, Brauns founded a literary salon, and since 2002, he has been working as a tax advisor.{{cite web |url=http://www.literatura-online.cz/pestrostini-a-netopyri-brauns-axel/ |title=Pestrostíni a netopýři (Brauns Axel) |date=20 February 2011 |publisher=Literatura on-line.cz |language=Czech |accessdate=28 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203032149/http://www.literatura-online.cz/pestrostini-a-netopyri-brauns-axel/ |archive-date=3 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}
= Career as writer and filmmaker =
Brauns wrote an autobiography called Buntschatten und Fledermäuse – Leben in einer anderen Welt (Coloured Shadows and Bats – Living in Another World), which was published in 2002 and describes his childhood and his experiences growing up with autism.{{cite web |url=https://www.weser-kurier.de/stadt-delmenhorst/innenansichten-aus-der-autistischen-welt-doc7e43ek2uyushop9t88z |title=Innenansichten aus der autistischen Welt |date=3 April 2014 |publisher=Weser Kurier |accessdate=21 October 2022}} He won the Literaturförderpreis der Stadt Hamburg for an excerpt from it, after which Hoffmann und Campe offered to publish it. Coloured Shadows and Bats came out in 2002, and reached the bestseller list of Der Spiegel in the same year.{{cite news |date=29 April 2002 |title=DER SPIEGEL 18/2002 – Bestseller |url=http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-22213366.html |language=German |newspaper=Der Spiegel |location=Hamburg |publisher=Spiegel-Verlag |accessdate=28 November 2013}} In 2003, Brauns was nominated for the Deutscher Bücherpreis, in the category "Most successful debut".{{cite news |date=27 September 2002 |title=Deutscher Bücherpreis 2003: Butt-Verleihung im neuen Gewand |url= https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/literatur/deutscher-buecherpreis-2003-butt-verleihung-im-neuen-gewand-a-216049.html |language=German |newspaper=SPIEGEL ONLINE |publisher=Spiegel-Verlag |accessdate=28 November 2013}}
In 2004, Brauns produced his first feature film, called Tsunami und Steinhaufen. It premiered in 2008.{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.de/title/tt0800243/ |title=Tsunami und Steinhaufen (2008) |date=March 2008 |publisher=IMDb |accessdate=28 November 2013}}
In September 2004, Brauns's novel Kraniche und Klopfer came out. It tells the story of a fictional girl named Adina Adelung, who lives in a house with her brother and mother. Her mother constantly brings rubbish (to which she is addicted) into her house. Eventually, Adina finds the path for a new life by meeting a woman called Erla Meier, who takes her to see cranes in a natural reserve.{{cite web |url=https://www.leselupe.de/blog/2005/04/08/Kraniche-und-Klopfer/ |title=Kraniche und Klopfer |author=Rau, Heike |date=8 April 2005 |publisher=Rezensionen, Buchbesprechungen und mehr auf Leselupe.de! |language=German |accessdate=28 November 2013}}
In 2006, Brauns published the detective novel Tag der Jagd.{{cite web |url=https://www.wdr.de/tv/quarks/global/pdf/Q_Autismus.pdf |title=Autismus – wenn Denken einsam macht |author1=Hostert, Alexandra |author2=Klare, Wobbeke |author3=Raabe, Kristin |author4=Schaefer, Mike |date=June 2006 |publisher=WDR.de |page=27 |language=German |accessdate=28 November 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://buecherei.ismaning.de/user/eesy.de/ismaning.de/w2buecherei/dwn/dw_buech_r_0407.pdf |title=Neue Romane im April 2007 |date=April 2007 |publisher=Gemeindebibliothek Ismaning |page=2 |language=German |accessdate=28 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203065800/http://buecherei.ismaning.de/user/eesy.de/ismaning.de/w2buecherei/dwn/dw_buech_r_0407.pdf |archivedate=3 December 2013 }}
Writings
- Buntschatten und Fledermäuse – Leben in einer anderen Welt (Coloured Shadows and Bats – Living in Another World). Hoffmann und Campe, 2002, {{ISBN|3-455-09353-1}}.
- Kraniche und Klopfer. Goldmann, 2004, {{ISBN|3-442-46118-9}}.
- Tag der Jagd. Hoffmann und Campe, 2006, {{ISBN|3-455-00586-1}}.
References
- A portion of this article was translated from the corresponding article in the German Wikipedia.
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.axelbrauns.de}} {{in lang|de}}
- {{IMDb name |2191690}}
- [https://www.welt.de/kultur/article3254148/Wie-der-Autist-Axel-Brauns-ein-Filmemacher-wurde.html Wie der Autist Axel Brauns ein Filmemacher wurde] – article on Brauns in Die Welt (27 February 2009) {{in lang|de}}
- [https://www.planet-wissen.de/natur_technik/forschungszweige/hirnforschung/video_persoenliche_erfahrung.jsp Erfahrungen eines Autisten (3'43
'' )] – interview with Brauns at Planet Wissen {{in lang|de}} - [https://web.archive.org/web/20131203153543/http://www.geo.de/GEO/mensch/medizin/hoerproben-und-quotbuntschatten-und-fledermaeuse-und-quot-2462.html „Buntschatten und Fledermäuse“] – six audio extracts from the German original of Braun's Coloured Shadows and Bats, at GEO.de {{in lang|de}}
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Category:21st-century German writers
Category:21st-century German male writers
Category:German autobiographers
Category:Film people from Hamburg
Category:German male non-fiction writers
Category:People from Eimsbüttel
Category:University of Hamburg alumni