Christian Ankowitsch

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Christian Ankowitsch, 2009

Christian "Anko" Ankowitsch (born July 20, 1959 in Klosterneuburg ) is an Austrian journalist and writer .

Life

Ankowitsch grew up in Styria , studied art history and history in Graz and Hamburg and did his doctorate in Graz on the subject of “Abstraction and Secret Doctrine. On the genesis of the neo-plasticist theory and painting by Piet Mondrian “to the Dr. phil.

Ankowitsch has been working as a journalist since 1978. From 1978 to 1981 he worked as a freelancer for the Kleine Zeitung ( Graz ), from 1983 to 1987 for Falter ( Vienna ) and from 1988 to 1993 for Der Standard (Vienna). From 1993 to 2001 he worked for Die Zeit ( Hamburg ), where he was head of the online editorial department from 1996 to 1999. In 2000 and 2001 he and a colleague headed the “ZEITLeben” department in Berlin. Since then he has been working as a freelance journalist and book author.

In 1999 Ankowitsch founded the Internet forum Höfliche Paparazzi together with Tex Rubinowitz . It was available as a source of curious and unbelievable facts in the two comedy rate shows Know -It- Alls - The Great Show of Unnecessary Knowledge and Even Better-Knowing - The Great Show of Unnecessary Knowledge , both at ProSieben , and resolved the questions.

In October 2008 Christian Ankowitsch presented the daily video show Dr. Ankos 365, in which he explained historical topics of the day in an entertaining way. The videos could be seen on the websites of bild.de , welt.de, morgenpost.de, Wissen.de and sevenload . On the latter two online media they are still today. A continuation has been promised, but has not yet been implemented.

On March 14, 2011, Ankowitsch presented the ORF literary program les.art for the first time , which is broadcast four times a year on ORF 2 . Christian Ankowitsch has been moderating the jury discussions at the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize since July 2013 .

Ankowitsch lives with his family in Berlin-Charlottenburg .

Autograph

Awards

Works

  • Near window seats . Novelle, Ritter Verlag, Klagenfurt 1989, ISBN 3-85415-064-4 .
  • Letters from the ZEIT mine . Glossen ( www.zeit.de ), S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1998. (Ed.), ISBN 3-596-14095-1 .
  • More letters from the ZEIT mine . Glossaries, Fischer pocket books, Frankfurt / M. 1998. (Ed.), ISBN 3-596-14128-1
  • All bonanza! . An album from the 1970s, Böhlau, Vienna 2000. (Ed.), ISBN 3-205-99249-0 .
  • It is progressing! An album from the 80s, Böhlau, Vienna 2002. (Ed.), ISBN 3-205-99318-7 .
  • Generation emotion . The future of feelings and how they control us, Berlin TB Verlag, 2002, ISBN 3-8333-0169-4 .
  • with Tex Rubinowitz : How Franz Beckenbauer once came too close to me . Polite paparazzi and their encounters with celebrities, Eichborn Verlag , Frankfurt am Main 2004, ISBN 3-8218-5558-4 .
  • with Bettina Schneuer : He didn't get that from me! . A parenting guide, Droemer Knaur, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-426-27317-9 .
  • with Cosima Schneider (design): Dr. Ankowitsch's little conversation lexicon . A collection of important knowledge, Eichborn, Frankfurt / M. 2004, ISBN 3-8218-4895-2 .
  • Dr. Ankowitsch's little universal manual , with Elisabeth Gronau . A collection of important pieces of advice, Eichborn, Frankfurt / M. 2005, ISBN 3-8218-4931-2 .
  • Dr. Ankowitsch's illustrated house book , with Elisabeth Gronau. A collection of interesting pictures and illustrations, Eichborn, Frankfurt / M. 2006, ISBN 3-8218-4960-6 .
  • The good and the nasty. Live better with SpongeBob SquarePants . Philosophical discussion of life, illustrated with examples from SpongeBob SquarePants episodes, Booklett, Berlin, ISBN 3-940153-06-0 .
  • Us guys. A guide for fathers, sons, and other adventurers. Kunstmann, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-88897-535-6 .
  • Dr. Ankowitsch's little shrink. How to happily improvise your way through life and achieve all of your big goals - well, maybe not all of them, but a few, maybe even the most important ones ... A guide to the art of muddling through. Rowohlt, Berlin 2009, ISBN 3-87134-648-9 .
  • Frankfurt? Frankfurt! A declaration of love to the city on the Main. Societäts-Verlag, Frankfurt / Main, ISBN 3-7973-1148-6 .
  • with Manfred Stelzig : Oh Tannentrauma: How Christmas will be wonderful again . Ecowin, Salzburg 2010, ISBN 3-902404-98-1 .
  • Get it wrong, and you'll do it right: the art of paradoxical living . Rowohlt, Berlin 2011, ISBN 3-87134-711-6 .
  • Why Einstein never wore socks: How seemingly incidental influences influence our thinking , Rowohlt, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-87134-793-1
  • The art of finding simple solutions , Rowohlt, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-737-10010-6 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ [1] ; Retrieved May 13, 2013
  2. ^ Author Christian Ankowitsch and all his titles. In: DerStandard.at . December 21, 2019, accessed December 25, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Christian Ankowitsch was awarded the title of professor. In: bundeskanzleramt.at. December 16, 2019, accessed December 25, 2019 .

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personal data
SURNAME Ankowitsch, Christian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ankovich, Anko
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian journalist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH July 20, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Klosterneuburg