Jens Brüning (journalist)

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Jens Brüning (born December 14, 1946 in Oldenburg ; † February 20, 2011 in Berlin ) was a German journalist and radio author.

Life

Jens Brüning grew up in Wilhelmshaven and came to Berlin to study in 1968 . He studied journalism, sociology and North American literature at the Free University of Berlin. Jens Brüning has worked as a freelance author since 1980 for various ARD stations, Funk-Korrespondenz and the Süddeutsche Zeitung . Since 1984 he has been the editor of Gabriele Tergit's texts and books , whose rediscovery in Germany is due to him. In recent years, his radio features have been running regularly on Deutschlandradio and rbb .

Jens Brüning died unexpectedly in February 2011 at the age of 64. His grave is in the state-owned cemetery Heerstraße in Berlin-Westend .

Works (selection)

Jens Brüning's tombstone in the Heerstrasse cemetery

as editor

  • Käsebier conquers the Kurfürstendamm , Roman, ed. and with a follow-up by Jens Brüning, Berlin: Das neue Berlin, 2004
  • Women and Other Events: Journalism and Stories from 1915 to 1970 , ed. and with a follow-up by Jens Brüning, Berlin: Das Neue Berlin, 2001
  • The first train to Berlin , novella, ed. and with an after. by Jens Brüning, Berlin: Das Neue Berlin, 2000
  • Who shoots for love? Court reports , ed. and with a prefix vers. by Jens Brüning, Berlin: Das Neue Berlin, 1999
  • On the express train to Haifa , with photos from the Abraham Pisarek archive, ed. by Jens Brüning and with an afterward verse. by Joachim Schlör, Berlin: TRANSIT, 1996
  • A little history of flowers: Kaiserkron 'u. Peonies red , Frankfurt am Main et al. 1958.
  • Breath of Another World: Berliner Reportagen , ed. and with an after. by Jens Brüning, Suhrkamp: Frankfurt am Main, 1994
  • Flowers of the twenties. Edited and with a foreword by Jens Brüning, Berlin: Rotation, 1984

as an author

Radio features (selection)

  • Occasional employee at Weltgeist. Harry Pross on his 75th birthday , SFB, 1998.
  • "Presenting the truth is my only purpose". A memory of the film director René Clair . , rbb, 2010
  • "Hurray! We're still alive!" The composer and conductor Victor Hollaender. A tribute to the 70th anniversary of death. , rbb, 2010
  • "An insane talent to find other talents" Alfred Kerr: "Seekers and blessed, moralists and penitents. Literary investigations. Deutschlandradio Kultur December 26, 2009
  • "I'm always not there when any world story happens" - Heinz Knobloch on his 70th birthday , ORB, 1996
  • The greatest jazz band in Europe. The story of the " Weintraub Syncopators " , rbb, 2009
  • "From head to toe Berliner - Friedrich Hollaender and the unrequited love for his city" , rbb, 2006.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Subtle obstinacy. Jens Brüning died . In: Der Tagesspiegel . February 28, 2011. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Brüning, Jens
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and radio author
DATE OF BIRTH December 14, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Oldenburg
DATE OF DEATH February 20, 2011
Place of death Berlin