Matthias Frings

Matthias Frings 2008

Matthias Frings (born April 14, 1953) is a German journalist, TV presenter and writer.^[1]

Life

Frings was born in Aachen and spent his childhood there. He pursued English studies, German studies and linguistics at RWTH Aachen University. In 1974, Frings was a founding member of the gay student group Aachener Printenschwestern. After completing his university studies, Frings became a resident of Berlin. In the late 1970s, he was a member of theater group Zan Pollo.

In 1982, Frings co-authored his first book Männer-Liebe with co-author Elmar Kraushaar. Since 1985, Frings has worked as a radio moderator at Sender Freies Berlin. Between 1992 and 1995 Frings produced and moderated the television show Liebe Sünde^[2] for the German television network VOX.

Works

• Männer. Liebe. Ein Handbuch für Schwule und alle, die es werden wollen (Reinbek: Rowohlt, 1982), co-authored with Elmar Kraushaar, ISBN 3499176580
• Heiße Jahre. Das Ding mit der Pubertät (Reinbek: 1983), co-authored with Elmar Kraushaar
• Liebesdinge. Bemerkungen zur Sexualität des Mannes (Reinbek: 1984)
• Ein Bild vom Mann (Reinbek: 1986), co-authored with Thomas Henning
• AIDS: Dimensionen einer Krankheit (Reinbek: 1986)
• Fleisch und Blut. Über Pornographie (Reinbek: Rowohlt, 1988), ISBN 3499182319
• Der letzte Kommunist. Das traumhafte Leben des Ronald M. Schernikau (Berlin: Aufbau-Verlag, 2009), ISBN 3351026692

References

1. ^ Spiegel Online: "Matthias Frings," October 31, 1994, accessed February 17, 2010
2. ^ Spiegel Online: "'Liebe Sünde; vor dem Aus," October 6, 2000, accessed February 17, 2010

External links

• Matthias Frings in German National Library
• interview with Matthias Frings (german)

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Name	Frings, Matthias
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Short description	German journalist, writer and television presenter
Date of birth	April 14, 1953
Place of birth	Aachen
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