Wilhelm von Sternburg

Wilhelm von Sternburg (born October 24, 1939 in Stolp / Pomerania ) is a German journalist and author .

Life

Wilhelm von Sternburg grew up in Wiesbaden. Von Sternburg completed his studies in economics and history in 1969 with a degree in economics. At the same time he completed a commercial apprenticeship. He worked for many years as a journalist for various print media, for radio and television. From 1989 to 1993 he was editor-in-chief of the Hessischer Rundfunk .

Since 1993 he has been working as a freelance writer, journalist and film author. He emerged primarily as the author of historical biographies on statesmen and writers as well as on German history since the 19th century. In 2015 he was awarded the Ernst Johann Literature Prize of the city of Schifferstadt. Sternburg is a member of the PEN Center Germany .

Works (selection)

as an author

• Our beautiful Hessen. Middle Country . Umschau Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1986, ISBN 3-524-63037-5 .
• Gustav Stresemann . Anton Hain Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1990, ISBN 3-445-06015-0 .
• Fall and Rise of the German Nation. Thinking about a mass frenzy . S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1993, ISBN 3-10-075108-6 .
• Why we? The Germans and the Holocaust . Structure of the Taschenbuchverlag, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-7466-8506-0 .
• “As if everything were the last time”. Erich Maria Remarque ; a biography . Kiepenheuer & Witsch Verlag, Cologne 2000, ISBN 3-462-02917-7 (KiWi; 581).
• "We are concerned with Germany". Arnold Zweig ; the biography . Construction Verlag, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-351-03440-7 .
• German republics. Failure and triumph of democracy . Bertelsmann Verlag, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-570-12266-2 .
• Lion Feuchtwanger . A German writer's life . Construction Verlag, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-7466-1416-3 .
• “It's an eerie atmosphere in Germany”. Carl von Ossietzky ; a biographical report . Structure of the Taschenbuchverlag, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-7466-1658-1 .
• When Metternich wanted to stop time. Our long way to the modern age . Bertelsmann Verlag, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-570-00486-4 .
• Brief history of National Socialism . Cornelsen Scriptor Verlag, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-589-21797-9 .
• Adenauer . A German legend . Structure of Taschenbuchverlag, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-7466-1714-6 .
• The history of the Germans . Campus Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2005, ISBN 3-593-37100-6 .
• Joseph Roth . Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 2009, ISBN 978-3-462-05555-9 .
• Gotthold Ephraim Lessing . Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek 2010, ISBN 978-3-499-50711-3 (Rowohlt's monographs).
• Anna Seghers . Leinpfad Verlag , Ingelheim am Rhein 2010, ISBN 978-3-942291-01-9 .
• Artur Schwörer. A portrait. Passage publishing house. Leipzig 2017
• About mind and power. Thirty portraits from literature and politics, Quintus-Verlag , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-947215-23-2 .

as editor

• Arnold Zweig . Materials on life and work . Fischer Taschenbuchverlag, Frankfurt am Main 1987, ISBN 3-596-26876-1 .
• Lion Feuchtwanger . Materials on life and work . Fischer Taschenbuchverlag, Frankfurt am Main 1989, ISBN 3-596-26886-9 .
• Divided views on a united nation. A book about Germany . Bastei Lübbe Verlag, Bergisch Gladbach 1993, ISBN 3-404-60329-X .
• "Voices are in the air - in the night". History of the Germans in short stories 1871–1945 . Luchterhand Literaturverlag, Hamburg 1992, ISBN 3-630-86798-7 .
• For a civil republic. Views on the threatened democracy in Germany . Fischer Taschenbuchverlag, Frankfurt am Main 1992, ISBN 3-596-11829-8 .
• Manès Sperber : Adaptation and Resistance. About the unreasonable and sensible use of reason . Europaverlag Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-203-51230-0 .
• Arnold Zweig: Listen up, EVERYONE! Prose, essays, letters . Structure of the Taschenbuchverlag, Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-7466-5200-6 .
• Topic of the day ARD . The dispute over the first program . Fischer-Taschenbuchverlag, Frankfurt am Main 1995, ISBN 3-596-13026-3 .
• The German Chancellor . From Bismarck to Merkel . Structure of the Taschenbuchverlag, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-7466-8144-8 .

Movies

• Fool Wisdom or The Life of Lion Feuchtwanger . Hessischer Rundfunk 1984.
• "Whoever leaves the law is done by himself". Arnold Zweig . Hessischer Rundfunk 1987.
• On the death of Eugen Kogon . Hessischer Rundfunk 1987.
• “As if everything were the last time”. Erich Maria Remarque on her 100th birthday . West German Radio 1998.
• "I got into the Ice Age". Anna Seghers on her 100th birthday . West German Broadcasting 2000.
• Heinrich Boell. Another German . West German Broadcasting 2005.
• Loved and censored. How the WDR learned to broadcast . West German Broadcasting 2006.
• 1938 - year of deceptions . West German Broadcasting 2008.

literature

• Oliver Bentz: Award ceremony 2015: Laudation [On the award of the Ernst Johann Literature Prize.] In: Lust an Literatur - Ernst Johann and the Ernst Johann Literature Prize of the city of Schifferstadt. Edited by Lenelotte Möller, Martina Kees and Franz Dudenhöffer. On behalf of the Palatinate Society for the Promotion of Science. Speyer: Druckmedien Speyer GmbH, 2017, ISBN 978-3-932155-42-0 , pp. 47-51.

Web links

• Literature by and about Wilhelm von Sternburg in the catalog of the German National Library
• Short biography and reviews of works by Wilhelm von Sternburg at perlentaucher.de
• Wilhelm von Sternburg in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
• Fischer: portrait with photo