Alfred Prokesch
Alfred Prokesch (born November 10, 1930 ; † late October 2010 ) was an Austrian journalist and author .
Life
Prokesch first studied mathematics and physics, then German and journalism. In 1952 he joined the largest coalition newspaper Neues Österreich and rose from reporter, sports journalist, travel reporter, reviewer and editor-in-chief to deputy editor-in-chief. After the end of the coalition era , he moved to the Kronenzeitung .
Together with Helmut Zwickl , he took over the Motor-Kurier, the technical weekend supplement for the Kurier, whose department head he was until his retirement in 1995. He developed it into the largest car supplement in the German-speaking area and helped shape motor journalism in Austria. He reported on all matters relating to shipping, aviation and motor travel. From the mid-1950s onwards, in view of the onset of mass motorization in Vienna , he demanded road openings and city highways. He was considered the doyen of motor journalism.
He also worked for Die Zeit , the weekly press and the Zürcher Tages-Anzeiger . Together with Gunther Philipp he wrote the ORF car magazine Motorama.
Publications
- with Fritz Reust: You don't buy cars with money alone: The book about buying a car, the right method to find the better car . Bucher, Lucerne, 1965
- 9 times Austria. Panoramas of the modern world . Piper, Munich, 1976
- Finally really driving a car . Droemer-Knaur, Munich, Zurich, 1978, ISBN 3-426-00518-2
- Knaur's big book about the car . Droemer Knaur, Munich, Zurich, 1980, ISBN 3-85886-089-1
- with Ernst Fiala : That's how much car people need . Eurotax-Verlag, Pfäffikon, 1990, ISBN 3-9520040-1-4
literature
- Merian: Cities and Landscapes ; Volume 29; Hoffmann and Campe, 1976; P. 373
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dr. Prokesch died , Sports Media Austria, November 11, 2010
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Prokesch, Alfred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian journalist and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 10, 1930 |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 2010 |