Bartholomew Grill
Bartholomäus Grill (born August 24, 1954 in Oberaudorf am Inn ) is a German journalist , writer and Africa correspondent.
life and work
After graduating from high school, Grill studied philosophy, sociology and art history. He began his journalistic career as a freelance cultural journalist at the Mittelbayerische Zeitung in Regensburg and at the taz in Berlin. From 1984 he volunteered at the Deutsche Allgemeine Sonntagsblatt in Hamburg, for which he then worked as a culture editor; In 1987 he moved to the politics department of the weekly newspaper Die Zeit .
In 1993 Grill was posted to Johannesburg in South Africa as the Africa correspondent for the time . He wrote reports and reports about the continent for Die Weltwoche (Zurich), Profil (Vienna) and for the magazine GEO . From 2000 he headed the Africa office of the time in Cape Town . From 2005 to 2009 Grill was part of the Africa advisory group of Federal President Horst Köhler . From 2006 he worked as a time -author in Berlin. From 2008 to 2011 he was editor of the monthly newspaper The African Times, the first German newspaper for Africa in English. In August 2009, Grill returned to South Africa as a correspondent.
The end of 2012 he left after 25 years, the time and works since February 1, 2013 as Africa correspondent for the news magazine Der Spiegel .
Grill has expressed his connection to Africa with several books on the continent. He has been awarded various prizes for his commitment. Grill lives in Cape Town, is married and has a son.
Awards and honors
- 1987: Reportage Award of the Council of Europe
- 1988: Kosmos Environmental Reporter Award
- 1996: Media Prize for Development Policy
- 2005: Bergwelten Journalist Prize
- 2005: Media Prize of the German AIDS Foundation
- 2006: Silver Apple of the Federal Press Spokesperson Association
- 2006: Wolfgang Koeppen Prize of the City of Greifswald
- 2006: Henri Nannen Prize for the best report (= Egon Erwin Kisch Prize ) for a contribution on euthanasia
- 2006: Media Prize for Development Policy
- 2010: ITB Book Award
- 2010: Football Book of the Year, second place
Publications
- Edited with Manfred Kriener : He was once. The German farewell to the forest. Focus, Giessen 1984, ISBN 3-88349-311-2 .
- together with Hans Brandt : The last trek: South Africa's path to democracy. Dietz, Bonn 1994, ISBN 3-8012-3062-7 .
- Safina. A picture book for children. Holzhausen, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-85493-001-1 .
- Ah, Africa. Reports from inside a continent. Siedler, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-88680-754-1 (paperback edition by Goldmann, 2005, ISBN 3-442-15337-9 ).
- together with Stefan Hippler : God, Aids, Africa. The deadly silence of the Catholic Church. Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 2007, ISBN 3-462-03925-3 (paperback edition by Bastei-Lübbe 2009, ISBN 978-3-404-60615-3 ).
- Laduuuuuma! How football enchants Africa. Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-455-50121-6 .
- To us the dead. My encounters with dying. Siedler, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-8275-0029-8 .
- We gentlemen. Our Racist Legacy: A Journey into German Colonial History. Siedler, Munich 2019, ISBN 978-3-8275-0110-3 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Bartholomäus Grill in the catalog of the German National Library
- All ZEIT articles from Bartholomäus Grill
- Short biography and reviews of works by Bartholomäus Grill at perlentaucher.de
- Colonialism in Africa and the dialogue at eye level. Spiegel correspondent Bartholomäus Grill in conversation. In: Deutschlandfunk . Series of cultural issues. Debates and Documents. March 31, 2019
- Mosaic. Talk on Saturday. In: WDR 3 (Westdeutscher Rundfunk). April 6, 2019 (34:25 min .; available until April 5, 2020)
Individual evidence
- ^ Short biography in Reporter-Forum.de .
- ^ Legal Disclosure. (No longer available online.) In: The African Times. 2013, archived from the original on January 8, 2016 ; Retrieved September 20, 2013 .
- ^ The African Times. A Monthly Newspaper from Germany. Times Media, Berlin, ISSN 1867-3597 .
- ↑ After 25 years with “Die Zeit”. Grill becomes the Africa correspondent for "Spiegel". In: Kress.de . 20th July 2012.
- ↑ For the entire paragraph: Best report (Egon Erwin Kisch Prize). (No longer available online.) In: Henri-Nannen-Preis.de. 2006, archived from the original on June 7, 2010 ; accessed on June 17, 2019 .
- ↑ For I only want happy music , in: Die Zeit , December 8, 2005.
- ↑ Football Book of the Year 2010 , in: German Football Culture Prize 2010 (PDF), p. 26 f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grill, Bartholomew |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist and Africa expert |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 24, 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oberaudorf am Inn |