Arnold Hottinger

Arnold Hottinger (1970)

Arnold Hottinger (born December 6, 1926 in Basel ; † May 21, 2019 in Zug ) was a Swiss journalist and publicist .

Life

Arnold Hottinger, son of the pediatrician Adolf Hottinger and the chemist Greta Hottinger-Cahn, grew up in Düsseldorf and Basel and studied Oriental and Romance studies at the University of Zurich , where he received his doctorate in 1952 . He pursued further studies in Paris , Chicago , Cairo and Beirut . In addition to German , English , French , Spanish and Italian, he spoke seven Arabic dialects and Farsi .

From 1961 to 1991 he was a correspondent for the Neue Zürcher Zeitung in Beirut and reported on the Middle East and the Islamic and Arab world . Later he was a correspondent in Madrid and finally in Nicosia . He also worked for many radio stations, wrote for magazines and published numerous books on Islam , Arabia and the Middle East, some of which are considered standard works . Even in his retirement, Hottinger was a sought-after expert and speaker and wrote regularly for the online portal Journal21 . He lived in Zug until his death.

Hottinger died in May 2019 at the age of 92 as a result of a heart operation that had failed four months earlier and was aborted .

The mediator Julian Thomas Hottinger is his son. His younger brother was the paleontologist Lukas Hottinger .

Awards

• 1991: Honorary doctorate from the University of Basel
• 2003: Honorary doctorate from the University of Bern
• 2013: Lifetime Achievement Award from the Reinhardt von Graffenried Foundation
• 2015: Zurich Journalism Award

Works

Monographs

• Kalilah and Dimnah. An attempt to represent the art of Arabic-old Spanish translation (= Romanica Helvetica. Vol. 65). Francke, Bern 1958.
• The Arabs. Becoming, essence, change and crisis of Arabism. Atlantis, Zurich 1960.
• The folk element in modern Spanish poetry. Atlantis, Zurich 1962.
• Fellahs and officials. Development Paths in the Middle East. Kösel, Munich 1967.
• 10 times Middle East (= panoramas of the modern world ). Piper, Munich 1970.
  • from the 4th edition as a paperback under the title 7mal Middle East (= Series Piper. Vol. 5127). Piper, Munich 1988.
• The Arab States of North Africa. Publishing house for literature and current affairs, Hanover 1971.
• Spain. His story in text and pictures. Hallwag, Bern / Stuttgart 1976.
• with Barbara L. Begelsbacher: Egypt. Silva, Zurich, 1985.
• The Arabs before their future. History and problems of westernization. NZZ, Zurich 1988; 2nd, supplemented edition: Schöningh, Paderborn 1991, ISBN 3-506-73943-3 .
• Unknown neighbor Turkey. AT, Aarau 1990.
• with Erich Gysling : Middle East hot spot. A current dialogue NZZ, Zurich 1991.
• Allah today. Pendo, Zurich 1991.
• Islamic fundamentalism. NZZ, Zurich 1993.
• (as co-editor) Oman. Frankincense and petroleum. Country studies and travel guide. Strom, Lucerne 1993.
• The Moors. Arabic culture in Spain. NZZ, Zurich 1995; 2nd edition: Fink, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-7705-3075-6 .
• Akbar the Great (1542–1605). Ruler of India through reconciliation of religions. Fink, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-7705-3335-6 .
• Divine states and power pyramids. Democracy in the Islamic World. NZZ, Zurich / Schöningh, Paderborn 2000, ISBN 3-506-73947-6 .
• Islamic world. The Middle East: experiences, encounters, analyzes. NZZ, Zurich / Schöningh, Paderborn 2004, ISBN 3-506-71800-2 .
• The lands of Islam. History, traditions and the onset of modernity. NZZ, Zurich / Schöningh, Paderborn 2008, ISBN 978-3-506-76541-3 .

Translations

• At-Tanukhi: All's well that ends well. The book of relief after the distress (= library of world literature ). Manesse, Zurich 1979.
• Abdarrahman Al-Gabarti: Bonaparte in Egypt. From the chronicle of Abdarrahman Al-Gabarti (1754–1829) (= Library of the Orient . Vol. 21). Artemis, Zurich 1983.

literature

• Adrian Scherrer: Hottinger, Arnold. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . September 3, 2009 .
• Arnold Hottinger in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)

Web links

• Literature by and about Arnold Hottinger in the catalog of the German National Library
• Publications by and about Arnold Hottinger in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
• Beat Stauffer: With the red plastic bag with the Jordanian king: Icon of Middle East reporting: The journalist Arnold Hottinger, who grew up in Basel, is 80 years old. In: OnlineReports . November 30, 2006 . 
• Rainer Stadler , Martin Woker : Arnold Hottinger: Don't be afraid of the Orient. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . April 6, 2013 (interview). 
• Heinz Halm : Reminder: The back of the carpet. In: Die Zeit 40/2004. September 23, 2004 (Review of Islamic World ). 
• Erich Wiedemann : Arab world: hammer and anvil. In: Spiegel Online . September 28, 2004 (Review of Islamic World ). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} We mourn Arnold Hottinger. In: Journal21.ch . May 21, 2019, accessed May 22, 2019 . 
2. ^ Ulrich W. Sahm: Middle East expert Arnold Hottinger has died. A critical review. In: audiatur-online.ch. May 30, 2019, accessed June 2, 2019 . 
3. ^ In memoriam: Arnold Hottinger. Retrieved September 4, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Ulrich Sahm, Middle East expert Arnold Hottinger has died. A critical review , Audiatur, May 30, 2019
5. ↑ ^{a b} Lifetime Achievement Award for Arnold Hottinger. In: journal21.ch. March 30, 2013, accessed April 14, 2016 . 
6. ↑ Honor for Arnold Hottinger. In: NZZ Online . May 19, 2015, accessed May 22, 2019 .