Brigitte Johanna Henkel-Waidhofer
Brigitte Johanna Henkel-Waidhofer , née Waidhofer , (* 1958 in Vienna ) is an Austrian author and correspondent for state politics for several German daily newspapers.
Life
Even while he was still at school, Henkel-Waidhofer worked in several editorial offices with the aim of becoming a sports journalist. After successfully completing her Matura in Austria , she studied German and history in Vienna . At the same time she worked for the Austrian daily Kurier as a journalist in the local editorial office and from 1978 as an editor for women's politics and fashion.
In 1980 she moved to Stuttgart and worked there in the local editorial office of the Stuttgarter Nachrichten . She later became a correspondent for the news agency AP in Baden-Württemberg . Since 1986 she has been the regional political correspondent for the Badischer Tagblatt and also works for various German newspapers, such as Die Zeit , der Spiegel , taz and the context: weekly newspaper for which she accompanies the Stuttgart NSU investigative committees .
Since 1995 she has been teaching adult education and familiarizing unemployed academics with the basics of journalism and PR .
Henkel-Waidhofer is married to the political journalist Peter Henkel . Since 1982 they have lived together in Stuttgart and in Bad Ischl, Austria .
Works
Have a look!
Between 1991 and 1993 she wrote the non-fiction book series Guck mal! active. A total of 7 books have been published by Kosmos-Verlag .
title | year |
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Have a look! The police | 1991 |
Have a look! The fire department | 1991 |
Have a look! Our town hall | 1992 |
Have a look! The post | 1992 |
Have a look! Our garbage | 1992 |
Have a look! The airport | 1993 |
Have a look! The zoo | 1993 |
The three ???
Between 1993 and 1996 Henkel-Waidhofer wrote for the youth book series Die drei ??? a total of 16 books. On behalf of Kosmos Verlag , she was the first German-speaking author to continue the book series after the series was discontinued in America.
Episode no. | title | year |
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56 | Crime scene circus | 1993 |
57 | ... and the crazy painter | 1993 |
58 | Poisonous water | 1993 |
59 | Doping mixer | 1994 |
60 | ... and the tiger's revenge | 1994 |
61 | Haunted hotel | 1994 |
62 | Soccer gangster | 1995 |
63 | Ghost town | 1995 |
64 | Diamond smuggling | 1995 |
65 | ... and the shadow men | 1995 |
66 | ... and the secret of the coffins | 1996 |
67 | ... and the treasure in the mountain lake | 1996 |
68 | Late revenge | 1996 |
69 | Shots from the dark | 1996 |
70 | The missing sailor | 1996 |
71 | Dirty deal | 1996 |
Non-fiction
Between 1991 and 1996 she wrote various books for children and young people. Since then she has mainly worked as a correspondent and writes non-fiction books on various topics.
title | year | publishing company |
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COUNTRY: Nature and the environment in Baden-Württemberg . A balance in pictures | 2011 | G. Braun book publisher |
Winfried Kretschmann : The portrait. (with Peter Henkel ) | 2011 | Herder publishing house |
Free energy: energy transition - amazingly simple. (with Wolfgang Frey) | 2012 | Herder publishing house |
Winfried Kretschmann : The shop steward. (with Peter Henkel ) | 2017 | Herder publishing house |
Web links
- Literature by and about Brigitte Johanna Henkel-Waidhofer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Interview about the series The three ??? from 2001
- Interview about the series The three ??? from 2004
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. Lutz Hagestedt (Hrsg.): German literature dictionary - the 20th century. De Gruyter, 2011. Vol. XVI, p. 477.
- ↑ cf. http://www.zeit.de/autoren/H/Johanna_Henkel-Waidhofer/index , accessed on October 7, 2017.
- ↑ cf. http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/lothar-spaeth-meister-des-verdraengens-a-1083112.html , accessed on October 7, 2017.
- ↑ cf. http://www.taz.de/Johanna-Henkel-Waidhofer/!a33295/ , accessed on October 7, 2017.
- ^ Context - Regular Authors , accessed June 8, 2015.
- ↑ Context: weekly newspaper : In the footsteps of the NSU , October 29, 2014, accessed on June 8, 2015.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Henkel-Waidhofer, Brigitte Johanna |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Waidhofer, Brigitte Johanna (maiden name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian author and correspondent for state politics |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1958 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |