Axel Schock

Axel Schock
Born(1965-09-11)11 September 1965
Neckarbischofsheim, Germany
Occupationwriter

Axel Schock (born 11 September 1965 in Neckarbischofsheim, Baden-Württemberg) is a German journalist and author.

Schock grew up in Sinsheim. He studied literature and theater at the Free University of Berlin. In 1982 he published his first work and in 1985 received the Scheffelpreis, a prize in literature awarded to high school graduates.

He lives as an openly gay man in Berlin and works as a journalist and editor for different magazines and newspapers, including the gay magazine Hinnerk in Hamburg and citymag Berlin. As a freelance author, he writes articles for daily newspapers like Berliner Zeitung, taz and Berliner Morgenpost. Schock also writes features for radio (for example RIAS Berlin, DeutschlandRadio and Radio 100) and for TV. He has also written under a pseudonym.

In 2023, he was awarded the Deutsche AIDS-Stiftung's Media Prize for "his decades of continouus and knowledgeable reporting on HIV/Aids". His writing is described as "calm, scientifically sound, informative... and he does not shy away from adressing uncomfortable topics."

Together with Corinna Gekeler, he is the initiator and curator of a collection on the history of HIV/Aids, which complements the Haeberle-Hirschfeld-Archive at Humboldt University in Berlin.

Since 2013, Axel Schock has been responsible for the overall organization of the Posiefestival Berlin.

In 2026, Axel Schock published “AIDS: Chronicle of a Pandemic,” the first global history of HIV/Aids.

Selected works (in German)

Prizes

References

  1. ↑ Speaking in Queer Tongues: Globalization and Gay Language, by William L. Leap/Tom Boellstorff, University of Illinois Press 2003
  2. ↑ Brockmann, Stephen; James D. Steakley; Jost Hermand (September 2001). Heroes and heroism in German culture. Rodopi. pp. 217–221. ISBN 90-420-1456-3.
  3. ↑ ed. David A. Gerstner: Routledge International Encyclopedia of Queer Culture, p.247
  4. ↑ "Medienschaffende zu HIV/Aids in Bonn ausgezeichnet Deutsche AIDS-Stiftung verleiht Preis beim Aids-Kongress". aids-stiftung.de (in German). 2023-03-23. Retrieved 2026-09-28.
  5. ↑ Ärzteblatt, Deutscher Ärzteverlag GmbH, Redaktion Deutsches (2026-09-11). "Berliner Humboldt-Universität öffnet Aids-Archiv für die Forschung". Deutsches Ärzteblatt (in German). Retrieved 2026-09-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ "HOME". HAUS FÜR POESIE (in German). 2026-09-30. Retrieved 2026-09-28.
  7. ↑ Axel Schock, Der schöne Mann ist tot Archived December 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine