{{Short description|German stage director and dramaturge (1964-2008)}} {{Infobox person | name = Annette Reber | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date text|1964}} | birth_place = East Berlin | death_date = {{death date and age|2008|01|13|1965|01|01|df=y}} | death_place = Berlin, Germany | education = Humboldt University | occupation = {{ubl| Author | Stage director | Dramaturge }} | organizations = {{ubl| Deutsches Theater | Maxim Gorki Theater }} | spouse = | children = }}
'''Annette Reber''' (1964 – 13 January 2008) was a German author, stage director and dramaturge, especially active at the Deutsches Theater Berlin ant the Maxim Gorki Theater there.
== Life and career == Reber was born in East Berlin in 1964,<ref name="Seidler" /> the daughter of Heinz-Florian Oertel, a sports journalist.<ref name="Tag24" /> She studied theatre studies at the Humboldt University. She left the German Democratic Republic (GDR) in 1987 and moved to Vienna, where she further studied theatre but also arts and Slavic languages. After German reunification she returned to Berlin. She worked at Deutsches Theater Berlin until 2000, and then at the Maxim Gorki Theater as chief dramaturge. She worked as a guest stage director at the Volkstheater Rostock. <!-- Am Maxim-Gorki-Theater war sie mit Armin Petras an der erfolgreichen Erneuerung und Öffnung des Theaters für neue Formen beteiligt und gestaltete Reihen zur Auseinandersetzung mit der deutschen Geschichte, unter anderem die Werkstatt-Reihe Glaube II über 40 Jahre DDR. Sie setzte sich auch mit dem deutschen Gedenkverhalten auseinander und schrieb darüber hinaus Kinderstücke, die sie in Berlin und Rostock inszenierte.-->
She edited the memoirs and texts by Eberhard Esche in 2007, with whom she had a son. Her third husband was the actor and stage director Alexander Lang.
== Death == She died on 13 January 2008 at age 43 after a severe illness.<ref name="Seidler">{{cite web |last=Seidler |first=Ulrich |url=https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/archiv/die-dramaturgin-autorin-und-regisseurin-annette-reber-ist-43-jaehrig-gestorben-erinnern-mit-lust-und-wut-li.512483 |title=Die Dramaturgin, Autorin und Regisseurin Annette Reber ist 43-jährig gestorben: Erinnern mit Lust und Wut |date=19 January 2008 |language=de |access-date=16 April 2024}}</ref><ref name="Tag24">{{cite news |url=https://www.tag24.de/unterhaltung/promis/ddr-legende-heinz-florian-oertel-95-ist-tot-als-sportreporter-ging-er-in-die-geschichte-ein-2810249 |title=Als Sportreporter ging er in die Geschichte ein: DDR-Legende Heinz Florian Oertel (†95) ist tot |date=19 April 2023 |language=de |access-date=16 April 2024}}</ref> She was buried, named Annette Lang, in the Friedhof Pankow III cemetery.
== Publications == * ''Ein Stolz, der groß ist: letzte Worte'' / Eberhard Esche. [ed. von Annette Reber]. Berlin: Eulenspiegel-Verlag, 2007. ISBN 978-3-359-01671-7.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Reber, Annette}} Category:German women theatre directors Category:1964 births Category:2008 deaths Category:German women editors Category:People from Berlin