Ines Geipel Explained

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 .^[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

In 2011 Geipel was awarded the Bundesverdienstkreuz (Cross of Merit) for her writing and political engagement. and in 2020 the .^[5]

Selected publications

• Geipel, Ines:(August 2024) Fabelland: Der Osten, der Westen, der Zorn und das Glück^[6]
• Book: Geipel . Ines . Behind the Wall: My Brother, My Family and Hatred in East Germany . 2024 . Polity . 978-1509559978.

Originally published as Umkämpfte Zone. Mein Bruder, der Osten und der Hass (2019)

• Book: Geipel . Ines . Somers . Nick . Beautiful new sky: fabricating bodies for outer space in East Germany's military laboratories . 2024 . Polity Press . Hoboken . 978-1509559992.

Originally published as Schöner Neuer Himmel. Aus dem Militärlabor des Ostens (2022)

External links

• • Ines Geipel at World Athletics website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Prof. Ines Geipel . www.hfs-berlin.de . HfS Ernst Busch . 1 July 2024 . de.
2. Web site: Buchautor: Ines Geipel . Perlentaucher . 1 July 2024.
3. News: East Germany athletes were 'chemical field tests' . 1 July 2024 . BBC Sport . 23 April 2013.
4. Web site: HARDtalk, Former East German sprinter - Ines Geipel . BBC World Service . 1 July 2024.
5. Web site: Lessing-Preis für Kritik . Lessing-Akademie e.V. . 1 July 2024 . de-DE . Den Lessing-Preis für Kritik 2020 erhält die Schriftstellerin und Publizistin Ines Geipel..
6. Web site: Bücher von Ines Geipel - Autorin und Publizistin . Ines Geipel - Schriftstellerin & Publizistin . 1 July 2024 . de-DE.