Ines Geipel
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Ines Geipel (born 1960) is a German academic and former athlete. She is professor of verse language at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts (Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch) in Berlin, where she teaches a course in contemporary puppetry.[1]
She was born in 1960 in Dresden in the then East Germany. She was a competitive athlete there before escaping to the west in 1989. She studied sociology and philosophy in Darmstadt.[2]
As an athlete she was a victim of Doping in East Germany, and she was president from 2013 to 2018 of the group Help for Victims of Doping (Doping-Opfer-Hilfe).[3] She was a co-plaintiff in the 2000 trial of Manfred Ewald and Manfred Höppner.
In 2019 she was the subject of an episode of the BBC series HARDtalk, interviewed by Stephen Sackur.[4]
Awards[edit]
In 2011 Geipel was awarded the Bundesverdienstkreuz (Cross of Merit) for her writing and political engagement.[1] and in 2020 the Lessing Prize for Criticism.[5]
Selected publications[edit]
- Geipel, Ines:(August 2024) Fabelland: Der Osten, der Westen, der Zorn und das Glück[6]
- Geipel, Ines (2024). Behind the Wall: My Brother, My Family and Hatred in East Germany. Polity. ISBN 978-1509559978.
- Originally published as Umkämpfte Zone. Mein Bruder, der Osten und der Hass (2019)
- Geipel, Ines; Somers, Nick (2024). Beautiful new sky: fabricating bodies for outer space in East Germany's military laboratories. Hoboken: Polity Press. ISBN 978-1509559992.
- Originally published as Schöner Neuer Himmel. Aus dem Militärlabor des Ostens (2022)
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Prof. Ines Geipel". www.hfs-berlin.de (in German). HfS Ernst Busch. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ "Buchautor: Ines Geipel". Perlentaucher. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ "East Germany athletes were 'chemical field tests'". BBC Sport. 23 April 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ "HARDtalk, Former East German sprinter - Ines Geipel". BBC World Service. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ "Lessing-Preis für Kritik". Lessing-Akademie e.V. (in German). Retrieved 1 July 2024.
Den Lessing-Preis für Kritik 2020 erhält die Schriftstellerin und Publizistin Ines Geipel.
- ^ "Bücher von Ines Geipel - Autorin und Publizistin". Ines Geipel - Schriftstellerin & Publizistin (in German). Retrieved 1 July 2024.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Ines Geipel at World Athletics website
- Ines Geipel at IMDb
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