Denis Scheck

Denis Scheck (born 15 December 1964) is a German literary critic, journalist, television presenter and former translator.

Denis Scheck
Denis Scheck, 2010
Born (1964-12-15) December 15, 1964
Stuttgart
NationalityGerman
OccupationJournalist, Literary critic, Television presenter
Known forPresenting the television show Druckfrisch
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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.[1]

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 by German publisher Thienemann to change racist and racially insensitive terms in newer editions of children's books by Otfried Preußler and Astrid Lindgren.[2] In response, and as an act of protest, in January 2013, he appeared on TV in blackface.[3] Scheck, who describes himself as a critic of political correctness and censorship in in the literary world, does, however, condemn the use of racist terms in contemporary and everyday language.[4]

Publications
  • 1993: King Kong, Spock & Drella – ein Lexikon amerikanischer Trivialmythen
  • 1994: Hell’s Kitchen – Streifzüge durch die zeitgenössische US-Literatur
  • 2011: Sie & Er, der kleine Unterschied beim Essen und Trinken
  • 2014: Kurt Vonnegut
  • 2019: Schecks Kanon: Die 100 wichtigsten Werke der Weltliteratur

Television
  • Druckfrisch (since 2003)
  • Lesenswert Quartett (since 2014)
  • Lesenswert (since 2016)
  • Kunscht! (2016–2018)

Honours
  • Kritikerpreis des Deutschen Anglistentages, 2000
  • Übersetzerbarke des Deutschen Literaturübersetzerverbandes, 2007
  • Hanns-Joachim-Friedrichs-Award, 2012
  • Bavarian TV Awards, 2013
  • Hildegard-von-Bingen-Preis für Publizistik, 2014
  • Julius-Campe-Preis, 2015

References
  1. "Press Release: Denis Scheck takes over Guest Professorship for literature criticism in Göttingen". uni-goettingen.de (in German). January 23, 2004. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
  2. Wilder, Charly (2013-01-16). "Redacting Racism: Edit of Classic Children's Book Hexes Publisher". Spiegel Online. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
  3. "A Fight in Germany Over Racist Language". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
  4. "Denis Scheck: Gegen Political Correctness in Literatur". Deutschlandfunk Kultur (in German). 2020-01-18. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
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