{"id":12970,"date":"2023-03-22T11:29:52","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T10:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.toleranzraeume.org\/clemens-meyer\/"},"modified":"2023-06-13T11:46:30","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T09:46:30","slug":"clemens-meyer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.toleranzraeume.org\/en\/biographies\/clemens-meyer\/","title":{"rendered":"Clemens Meyer"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"12970\" class=\"elementor elementor-12970 elementor-8389\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-259dc613 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"259dc613\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7faae480\" data-id=\"7faae480\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-512fba18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"512fba18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Clemens Meyer<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e755d87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3e755d87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">(born 1977 in Halle\/Saale)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1fa63540 elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1fa63540\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-279dc3fb\" data-id=\"279dc3fb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1eb40ab3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1eb40ab3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\"I have a deeply rooted distrust of peer pressure.\"*<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4232c732 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4232c732\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Clemens Meyer is a German author who has described the fall of the Berlin Wall from an East German perspective. With his debut novel Als wir tr\u00e4umten (Eng. publication title: As We Were Dreaming), the Leipzig-born writer Clemens Meyer achieved his literary breakthrough in 2006. The novel tells the story of a group of friends who spend an ecstatic and destructive youth in the anarchic post-reunification years. Petty crime, alcohol excesses, precarious conditions and juvenile detention testify to the lack of prospects of the four protagonists. It is Clemens Meyer&#8217;s precise observations of the milieu and the literarily cleverly interwoven autobiographical experiences that make his unembellished yet subtle stories so haunting. He has been awarded numerous prizes for his poetic-realistic work. In his novel Im Stein (Eng. publication title: Bricks and Mortar), published in 2013, he takes on the topics of sex work and forced prostitution in Leipzig&#8217;s red light district, proving once again the narrative value of East German perspectives in this game of power and dreams. After the AfD (Alternative f\u00fcr Deutschland, Eng.: Alternative for Germany) party recorded a high proportion of the vote in the 2019 Saxony state election, the author called for direct dialogue with voters in order to gain a better understanding of the result. Meyer reasons that even if some people can no longer be reached, every person with whom one succeeds makes all such dialogue worthwhile.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-105b9510 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"105b9510\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>*Gei\u00dfler, C., &#8220;Ich hab ein tief verankertes Misstrauen gegen Gruppenzwang&#8221; (I Have<br \/>\na Deeply Rooted Distrust of Peer Pressure). Interview with Clemens Meyer, in:<br \/>\nFrankfurter Rundschau, 30\/07\/2020.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-792d5a8c\" data-id=\"792d5a8c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fba9efe elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5fba9efe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toleranzraeume.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Clemens-Meyer.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14036\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toleranzraeume.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Clemens-Meyer.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.toleranzraeume.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Clemens-Meyer-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Credits: Gaby Gerster<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clemens Meyer (born 1977 in Halle\/Saale) &#8220;I have a deeply rooted distrust of peer pressure.&#8221;* Clemens Meyer is a German author who has described the fall of the Berlin Wall from an East German perspective. 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