Erich Follath

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Erich Follath (* 1949 in Esslingen am Neckar ) is a German journalist and non-fiction author.

Life

Follath studied German and political science at the Universities of Tübingen and Munich and received his doctorate in 1974. As a student he traveled through Syria .

Follath began his career as a journalist for Stern , for whom he also reported as a correspondent from Hong Kong and New York City . As a reporter, he witnessed the 1979 coup in Iran . In 1994 he moved to Spiegel , where he took over the management of the international department. Follath has been a diplomatic correspondent for Der Spiegel since 1997.

Follath is also the author of numerous non-fiction books, such as the bestseller The Legacy of the Dalai Lama: A God You Can Touch (2007). He is also the author of the crime novel Who Shot Jesus Christ? , which is set at the Oberammergau Passion Play .

Publications (selection)

  • An international comparison of broadcasting systems: the interdependence of broadcasting policy and overall policy in Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, the PR China and India . University of Hohenheim , Faculty of Business and Economics Social Science, Dissertation , 1974.
  • Who Shot Jesus Christ? . Droemer Knaur, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-89667-122-7 .
  • Four-poster bed and the fear of hell: Thirteen hotels that made history . Picus 2003, ISBN 978-3854524717 .
  • With Karl Johaentges : The Shanghai Myth . Rolf Heyne Collection, Munich 2005, ISBN 9783899102642 .
  • The legacy of the Dalai Lama: a God you can touch . Collection Rolf Heyne, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-89910-363-2 .
  • With Alexander Jung and Beat Balzli: The new Cold War: The fight for raw materials . Goldmann, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-442-12980-5 .
  • The children of the Killing Fields: Cambodia's path from terror land to tourist paradise . Paperback edition Goldmann Munich 2010 (first edition 2009), ISBN 978-3-442-10224-2 .
  • With Henryk M. Broder: Give Schleswig-Holstein to the Jews !: When Germans criticize Israel, a dispute . Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3421-04482-2 .
  • The New Great Powers: How Brazil, China and India are conquering the world. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-421-04601-7 .
  • Beyond all borders: in the footsteps of the great adventurer Ibn Battuta through the world of Islam . Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-421-04690-1 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sascha Lehnartz : Reporter number one . Review, in: Literarisches Welt , March 12, 2016, p. 9
personal data
SURNAME Follath, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and author
DATE OF BIRTH 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Esslingen am Neckar