!!!Schneider, Robert

b. Bregenz (Vorarlberg), June 16, 1961, writer. Studied composition, 
theatre studies and art history. his best-selling novel "Schlafes 
Bruder" (1992, filmed by J. Vilsmaier in 1995)) narrates the slow 
death of the protagonist due to his rigorous refusal to sleep.

!Further works
Novels: Die Luftgaengerin, 1998; Die Unberuehrten, 
2000. - Dramas: Dreck, 1993; Komoedie vom deutschen Heimweh, 1999.

!Literature
H. Ohrlinger, Der Organist als Schriftsteller, in: Buehne 
12, 1992; M. Moeckel, Erlaeuterungen zu R. S. "Schlafes Bruder", 1997; 
R. Moritz (ed.), Ueber "Schlafes Bruder", %%sup 3/%1998.


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