Bernd Philipp

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bernd Philipp (born February 5, 1950 in Berlin ; † March 21, 2018 ) was a German journalist and book author.

Career

Philipp volunteered between 1970 and 1972 in Düsseldorf at the WAZ media group . From 1973 to 1976 he was an editor at BZ in Berlin (focus on TV), then features editor at Die Welt and the Berliner Morgenpost .

In 1977 he became head of the media department and editor of the Morgenpost-Wochen-Journal Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung . For 18 years he also worked as a chief reporter for the Berliner Morgenpost .

Since 1981 his column in life situations has appeared in the Berliner Morgenpost every Sunday . This made it one of the oldest rubrics in Germany written by a single author. Topics: The little sensations of everyday life, marriage, the media, the wondrous world of advertising etc. On February 28, 2010, the Berliner Morgenpost published the column for the last time and devoted a whole page to Bernd Philipp. Philipp initially continued his column on his personal website.

In 2006 and 2013, Philipp worked as a freelance writer, including contract author for Berliner Morgenpost , Die Welt and Welt am Sonntag . Together with Hellmuth Karasek and Hajo Schumacher , he was part of the columnist team at Axel Springer Verlag .

For about four years, until 2010, Philipp wrote the Sunday series Berlin Walk for the Berliner Morgenpost and Die Welt , for which he met with a celebrity from culture, politics, science and business for a conversation and a walk in their favorite corner.

Since the end of 2009, Bernd Philipp has been working for Kaupert- Verlag and the associated advertising agency “Zepter & Krone” as director for company representation and head of the KAUPERTS Club of Berlin Movers , for whom he mainly portrayed Berlin entrepreneurs.

Bernd Philipp has written more than 30 books with everyday stories, including titles such as It's so cheerful , Do women have to be? , Golfy - unpacking a golf ball , Life is a lucky bag , legs made up of life . He was the co-author of Hugo Egon Balder's autobiography, I have warned myself, which was published in 2004 . In 2008 Life Endangered Her Health was published , a book in which the best life situation columns are compiled.

Together with Renate Wiechmann he wrote the book The Last Train . It describes the fate of the last Jews deported from Berlin to Auschwitz . It became the German companion book to Artur Brauner's film The Last Train , directed by Joseph Vilsmaier .

He organized readings and a. from his book How do I stay fat without starving? , sometimes with prominent support such as Hugo Egon Balder and RIAS legend Nero Brandenburg , but also with musical accompaniment.

His book Die Märchen-Apotheke , which he published with “Märchenland” director Silke Fischer and Stephanie zu Guttenberg (as editor), is a great success with worldwide translations (up to Korean) and which deals with what the Grimms' fairy tales tell us can say today and why they are as relevant as they were then.

Philipp lived in Berlin-Westend and had a son.

He died in March 2018 at the age of 68 years at a cancer .

Works (selection)

  • The fairy tale pharmacy. Grimm's fairy tales as a home remedy for children's souls . 1st edition. Kösel Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-466-30926-9 (with Silke Fischer, edited by Stephanie zu Guttenberg ).
  • Life endangers their health. A person in all situations . 1st edition. B & S Siebenhaar Verlag, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-936962-44-4 .
  • The last train. Novel to film . 1st edition. Aufbau-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-7466-2311-5 (with Renate Wiechmann).
  • How do I stay fat without starving? 1st edition. Philosaurus Verlag, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-946029-10-6 .

Web links

swell

  1. ↑ On the date cf. Obituary notice # 12 in the Berliner Morgenpost from March 25, 2018
  2. ↑ Bernd Philipp: Current situation in life. (No longer available online.) In: bernd-philipp.com. Archived from the original on April 14, 2015 ; Retrieved April 10, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bernd-philipp.com
  3. ↑ Bernd Philipp: About me. (No longer available online.) In: "bernd-phillip.com". Archived from the original on February 2, 2015 ; Retrieved April 10, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bernd-philipp.com
  4. ↑ Bernd Philipp: A life for the stage. (PDF) In: Berliner Morgenpost. November 20, 2005, accessed on April 10, 2015 : “A walk in Berlin: the Sunday series in the Berliner Morgenpost. Author Bernd Philipp meets Berliners who make a difference in the city. The meeting point is their favorite corner. Today: […]"
  5. ↑ Bernd Philipp: KAUPERT's club 'applaudissimo' is here! In: kaupertmedia.de. Kaupert Media GmbH, September 13, 2009, accessed on April 10, 2015 : “With Bernd Philipp as the doer, KAUPERTS Club 'applaudissimo' was brought into being. In the KAUPERTS Club, the 'draft horses' of Berlin's business world and society will have a forum in the future. Look forward to interesting stories about even more interesting people who are making a difference in Berlin. "
  6. ^ Club of Berlin Movers, berlinbeweger.de (accessed January 15, 2011)
  7. ↑ Berliner Morgenpost mourns Bernd Philipp , morgenpost.de
personal data
SURNAME Philipp, Bernd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and book author
DATE OF BIRTH 5th February 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH March 21, 2018
Place of death Berlin