Michael Schneider , born in Königsberg in 1943, studied science followed by philosophy and social and religious studies at the Free University of Berlin. In 1974, he wrote his doctoral thesis on Marx and Freud. He has been an editor, journalist, literary critic, dramatic advisor and writer-in-residence at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden. Since 1991 he has been a lecturer and since 1995 a professor at the Film Academy in Ludwigsburg. He is a member of PEN, the Magischer Zirkel von Deutschland (German Association of Magicians) and the Scientific Advisory Board of the German branch of ATTAC. He was married to the elementary school teacher and later vice-principal Ingeborg Schneider, who served as intellectual inspiration and critical reader for most of his essays, novellas, plays and novels. She died in 2004.
