Alexander Count von Schönburg-Glauchau
Alexander Graf von Schönburg-Glauchau (born August 15, 1969 in Mogadishu , Somalia ) is a German journalist and writer . He is known under the name of Alexander von Schönburg .
Life
Alexander von Schönburg ( he hardly ever uses the part of the name “- Glauchau ” for his publications) is the son of Joachim Graf von Schönburg-Glauchau and Beatrix Széchenyi de Sárvár-Felsővidék. His siblings are Gloria von Thurn und Taxis , Maya Flick , Carl Alban von Schönburg and his half-sister Anabel Maya-Felicitas from his father's second marriage to Ursula Zwicker.
Activity as a journalist and writer
Alexander von Schönburg became known to a wider public in 1999 as a member of the so-called "pop-cultural quintet" (with Christian Kracht , Eckhart Nickel , Benjamin von Stuckrad-Barre and Joachim Bessing ). He also worked as a freelance journalist (including for Esquire , Die Zeit and Die Weltwoche ). He landed a bestseller in 2005 with The Art of Stylish Impoverishment , in which, according to the publisher's ad, he used the findings from "500 years of family experience in social decline".
Alexander von Schönburg was editor of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and editor-in-chief of Park Avenue magazine . In 2006, according to the publisher, he gave up this post at his own request and was replaced by Andreas Petzold .
Subsequently, von Schönburg was a columnist for the German edition of Vanity Fair as well as the Bild-Zeitung and Weltwoche . Since 2009 Alexander is Schoenburg of the editorship of the Bild newspaper and there since 2011 Text boss .
Reviews of the works
The happy non-smoker
In his publication The Happy Non-Smoker from 2003, von Schönburg describes the alleged difficulty of quitting as a myth that is promoted, among other things, by the cigarette industry. In reality, it is “too easy” to quit smoking “for it to be a significant fight.” Michael Jeisman from the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung praises this “ de-dramatization ” of weaning and the approach to a “ hedonism of renunciation and the Willpower ":
“In the end, however, von Schönburg takes a deep streak of inner-worldly redemption: an ontological surplus value and a vitalistic principle for the ultimate justification have to be brought in again. There is again talk of personal development, higher self-confidence and a better life. Perhaps a clever move: Aren't all these high values of self-realization waiting to be freed of their aura in future advisors until the heads don't even smoke? "
Ijoma Mangold assesses the book's achievement as the solution to the "darned dialectic of self-determination and self-preservation " and wrote:
“Freedom is part of human dignity. Of course, the freedom to harm yourself too. But you also have the right to do yourself good. "
The art of stylish impoverishment
Stefan Volk from the book magazine condemned the work The Art of Stylish Impoverishment from 2005 as lying and superficial. Schönburg ignores the fact that poverty means the opposite of self-confident renouncement of consumption. “Poverty means not being able to choose. Alexander von Schönburg reads next to nothing about all the constraints, the lack of freedom to make decisions, and existential fears. Instead, he calls on people to submit to their fate joyfully and playfully. That is extremely conservative, deeply lying and cynical to the core. "
After a detailed summary, Dorothea Dohms comes to the conclusion that it is difficult to imagine that those affected by Hartz IV and one-euro jobbers could find some pleasure in these “letters from the aristocratic Krähwinkel”. “Cui bono then? A glossary that is funny and worth reading and that gets to the heart of the matter unfortunately makes a book that is irrelevant for most readers less worth reading. "
family
Marriage and children
On April 30, 1999 (church Heusenstamm May 29, 1999) Alexander Graf von Schönburg-Glauchau married Irina Verena Princess of Hesse in Berlin . They have a daughter and two sons. His wife is a granddaughter of Princess Sophie of Greece (1914-2001), a sister of Duke Philip of Edinburgh , the prince consort of Queen Elizabeth II.
Pedigree
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| Great-great-grandparents |
Count |
Count |
Count |
Count |
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Gregoriu Christopoulos |
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Prince |
| Great grandparents |
Count Joachim von Schönburg-Glauchau (1873–1943) |
Count Rudolf Baworow-Baworowski (1865–1931) |
Count Edmund Széchényi von Sárvár-Felsövidék (1839–1922) |
Prince Paul Gallitzin (1856–1916) |
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| Grandparents |
Carl Graf von Schönburg-Glauchau (1899–1945) |
Valentin Széchényi de Sárvár-Felsövidék (1893–1954) |
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| parents |
Joachim Graf von Schönburg-Glauchau (1929–1998) |
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Alexander Graf von Schönburg-Glauchau (* 1969) |
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Works
- The best of the best. An almanac of the fine way of life (with Reinhard Haas and Axel Thorer ). Econ, Düsseldorf 1989, ISBN 3-430-13733-0 .
- No. 1. The best aspects of life from A – Z (with Reinhard Haas and Axel Thorer). Econ, Düsseldorf / Vienna 1993, ISBN 3-612-26037-5 .
- In Bruckner's realm . Narrative. In: Christian Kracht (Ed.): Mesopotamia. Serious stories at the end of the millennium . DVA, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-421-05191-7 .
- Tristesse Royale: The pop culture quintet with Joachim Bessing , Christian Kracht , Eckhart Nickel, Alexander v. Schönburg and Benjamin von Stuckrad-Barre , ed. by Joachim Bessing. Ullstein, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-548-31226-8 .
- Career . Play. Hanover, 2001.
- The happy non-smoker. How to quit smoking in a good mood . Rowohlt Taschenbuch, Reinbek 2003, ISBN 3-499-61660-2 .
- The art of stylish impoverishment. How to get rich without money . Rowohlt Berlin, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-87134-520-2 . ( 1st place on the Spiegel bestseller list from May 2nd to May 8th, 2005 )
- Lexicon of superfluous things . Rowohlt Berlin, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-87134-543-1 .
- Everything you always wanted to know about kings but never dared to ask . Rowohlt Berlin, Berlin 2008, ISBN 3-87134-604-7 .
- In good company . Rowohlt Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-499-62472-8 .
- Small talk: the art of having a stylish say . Rowohlt Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-87134-787-0 .
- World history to go . Rowohlt Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-87134-828-0 .
- The art of casual decency. 27 old-fashioned virtues for today. Piper, 2018, ISBN 978-3-492-05595-6 .
Web links
- Alexander von Schönburg in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature by and about Alexander Graf von Schönburg-Glauchau in the catalog of the German National Library
- Less is more Alexander von Schönburg explains his philosophy to Welt am Sonntag on March 13, 2005
- Deutschlandfunk nuances. Music and questions about the person from March 24, 2019
Individual evidence
- ↑ The art of stylish impoverishment Advertising text from Rowohlt Verlag
- ↑ Andreas Petzold takes over editor-in-chief of PARK AVENUE ( Memento from August 2nd, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Press release of the publishing house Gruner + Jahr from August 22nd, 2006
- ↑ Alexander von Schönburg is the head of the "Bild" text , Horizont from December 9, 2011, accessed on March 4, 2020.
- ↑ Michael Jeismann: Just don't blow up right away. In: FAZ.NET . November 17, 2003, accessed June 11, 2016 .
- ↑ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, November 17, 2003, p. 37
- ↑ buecher-magazin.de | Overrated books: - Alexander von Schönburg: The art of stylish impoverishment. In: www.buecher-magazin.de. Retrieved June 11, 2016 .
- ^ Online Gotha of the Széchényi family
- ↑ schoenerlesen.de: Review ( Memento from December 4, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Badische Zeitung , Panorama, Interview , February 16, 2015, Martina Philipp, badische-zeitung.de: About the pitfalls and subtleties of small talk
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Schönburg-Glauchau, Count Alexander von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th August 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mogadishu , Somalia |