which was followed 20 years later by the sequel New York Memories (2009). He is also successful as a theater director, winning the Jury-Award at the Theater Authors Days (2018) at the Deutsches Theater Berlin for his play Hitler's Goat and the King's Haemorrhoids. The magazine The Advocate selected von Praunheim among the world's 50 most important queer people in the fields of activism, art and culture. On the occasion of von Praunheim's 75th birthday (2017), President of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier thanked him publicly for his artistic work and social commitment: "My congratulations go to an exceptional artist who, with his extensive cinematic oeuvre, has succeeded in intervening in social reality and changing it [...]." Von Praunheim has received numerous awards for his films and queer political work. Personal life Von Praunheim lives in Berlin with his husband , a German author, director and activist for Mental Health. Books (selection) Männer, Rauschgift und der Tod. 1967 Oh Muvie. 1968, Fotoroman mit Elfie Mikesch Sex und Karriere. Rowohlt TB-V., 1978, Armee der Liebenden oder Aufstand der Perversen. 1979, Gibt es Sex nach dem Tode. Prometh Verlag, 1981, Rote "Liebe": ein Gespräch mit Helga Goetze. Prometh Verl., 1982, 50 Jahre pervers. Die sentimentalen Memoiren des Rosa von Praunheim. Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 1993, Folge dem Fieber und tanze: Briefwechsel mit Mario Wirz. Aufbau-Verlag, 1995 Mein Armloch. Martin Schmitz Verlag, 2002, Gedichte Die Rache der alten dicken Tunte. 2006, Fotobuch Die Bettwurst und meine Tante Lucy. 2006, Fotobuch Selected filmography 1969: Sisters of the Revolution 1971: The Bed Sausage 1971: It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives 1974: Axel von Auersperg 1975: Berlin Bed Sausage 1979: Tally Brown, New York 1979: Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts 1981: Unsere Leichen leben noch 1982: Red Love 1983: City of Lost Souls 1984: Horror Vacui 1986: A Virus Knows no Morals 1987: Anita: Dances of Vice 1987: Dolly, Lotte and Maria 1989: Survival in New York 1990: Positive 1990: Silence = Death (film) 1990: Life Is Like a Cucumber 1992: I Am My Own Woman 1995: Neurosia: 50 Years of Perversity 1996: Transexual Menace 1999: The Einstein of Sex 1999: Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please? 1999: Wunderbares Wrodow 2000: Fassbinder's Women 2001: Tunten lügen nicht 2002: Kühe vom Nebel geschwängert 2002: Pfui Rosa! 2002: Queens Don't Lie 2005: Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis 2005: