Christian Buckard

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Christian Buckard (born August 6, 1962 ) is a German author and journalist .

Life

Christian Buckard studied Jewish and Dutch studies in Berlin, Jerusalem and Amsterdam, and received his doctorate in 2002 from the Gerhard-Mercator University of Duisburg . In 2004 he published the biography Arthur Koestler . An extreme life 1905-1983 . In the same year Buckard received the Ernst Cramer & Teddy Kollek Fellowship of the International Journalist Program. Buckard works primarily as an author of radio features and publishes reviews, interviews, reports and essays in the print area. In 2012 he received (together with Daniel Guthmann) the Franco-German Journalism Prize for the radio feature Ma grande, my love, my life. Jean Gabin and Marlene Dietrich . In 2015 Buckard's biography Moshé Feldenkrais was published . The person behind the method .

Works

Books

Magazines (selection)

  • Deep in enemy territory. On the 20th anniversary of Arthur Koestler's death. In: Aufbau , January 20, 2003.
  • The postman. An interview with Amos Oz. In: Israel News - Chadashot Israel , December 10, 2004.
  • “I can live very well without a home”. Christian Buckard spoke to Georg Kreisler. In: Tages-Anzeiger , December 5, 2005.
  • “I completely forgot why I actually kill myself.” Arthur Koestler's previously unpublished suicide protocol, Lisbon 1940. In: Friday , September 8, 2006.
  • "We called him the forest spirit". The translator Lore Krüger on Walter Benjamin and other prominent neighbors in the Parisian emigration. In: Jüdische Allgemeine , No. 46/06, November 16, 2006.
  • Lion honey. An interview with the Israeli writer David Grossman. In: Kalonymos. Contributions to German-Jewish history from the Salomon Ludwig Steinheim Institute , 9th year 2006, issue 4.
  • “I never noticed our poverty”. The actor Chaim Topol on his childhood in the working-class district of Florentin. In: Jüdische Allgemeine , No. 8/09, February 19, 2009.
  • From bank robber to fairytale uncle. Ludwig Lugmeier rediscovers silent film in Berlin and turns sixty. In: Berliner Zeitung , July 31, 2009.
  • “You don't die that often.” The Israeli writer Yoram Kaniuk has recorded his death experience as a cancer patient in literary form. A farewell to the German reader. In: Jüdische Zeitung , February 2010, No. 48.
  • The storyteller. Gad Granach is 95 years old - a visit to Jerusalem. In: Jüdische Allgemeine , No. 12/10, March 25, 2010.
  • Living room of the intellectuals. After almost 60 years, the legendary Café Tamar in Tel Aviv is closing. In: Jüdische Allgemeine , No. 23/15, June 4, 2015.
  • David Ben Gurion. “He was completely humorless.” Tom Segev on a new biography, the price for the establishment of Israel's state and the longing for real statesmen In: Jüdische Allgemeine , No. 21/18, May 24, 2018.
  • American Jew. Actor, producer, director and writer Kirk Douglas died at the age of 103. In: Jüdische Allgemeine , No. 7/20, February 13, 2020.

Radio

  • Arthur Koestler - an extreme life. (with Daniel Guthmann), director: Jochen Nix, NDR / SWR / ORF 2005.
  • The other face of the holiday island. (with Daniel Guthmann), director: Burkhard Ax, WDR 2006.
  • Death in the island garden. German-speaking writer in exile on Mallorca. (with Daniel Guthmann), director: Iris Drögekamp, ​​SWR 2007.
  • I, viewed from the outside. A portrait of the Israeli writer Yoram Kaniuk. Directed by Iris Drögekamp, ​​SWR 2008.
  • Cafe Tamar. Life in Tel Aviv. Director: Hartwig Tegeler, NDR / RBB 2009.
  • Mr. hocus-pocus. The adventurous life of the Moshé Feldenkrais. Director: Thomas Wolfertz, WDR / SWR 2010.
  • The dream is over. Sequel follows. The Israeli kibbutz in transition. Director: Nikolai von Koslowski, RBB 2010.
  • Ma Grande, my love, my life. Jean Gabin and Marlene Dietrich. Director: Iris Drögekamp , SWR / RBB / NDR 2011 (with Daniel Guthmann, German-French Journalist Award 2012).
  • 12, avenue Montaigne. Marlene Dietrich's last exile. (with Daniel Guthmann), director: Philippe Bruehl, WDR 2012.
  • Awareness through movement. Moshé Feldenkrais and his method. Directed by Tobias Krebs, SWR 2013.
  • The story of Aya and Koni. Director: Gabriela Hermer, RBB 2013 (ARD Radiofestival).
  • Lampedusa in Tel Aviv. Director: Gabriela Hermer, RBB / DLF 2014.
  • Think big! The world maker Ken Adam. Director: Nikolai von Koslowski, RBB / SWR 2014.
  • Winston Churchill - On the battlefield of words. Director: Nikolai von Koslowski, RBB / DLF 2015.
  • Quite uncontrollable. The songwriter Bettina Wegner. (with Daniel Guthmann), director: Thomas Wolfertz, DLF 2016.
  • Ben-Gurion and his heirs. (with Gabriela Hermer), director: Nikolai von Koslowski, RBB / NDR 2018.
  • Mr. Gay Syria. Director: Thomas Wolfertz, DLF 2018.
  • Living together! The revival of the kibbutz. Director: Matthias Kapohl, DLF / WDR 2020.

Television (selection)

  • Utopia with milk and sugar. The Café Tamar in Tel Aviv (script and direction with Daniel Guthmann), documentation, ORF 2009.
  • An unfinished love. Marlene Dietrich and Jean Gabin (script and direction with Daniel Guthmann), documentation, WDR / Arte 2012.
  • ZDF-History: Mallorca - Eine deutsche Liebe (written and directed with Daniel Guthmann), documentary, ZDF 2018. Awarded the journalist prize of the Mallorca-Zeitung 2018.
  • ZDFzoom: China, Trump and Corona. The WHO between the fronts (script and direction with Daniel Guthmann), documentation, ZDF 2020.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Franco-German Journalism Prize
  2. ↑ Journalism Prize of the Mallorca-Zeitung
personal data
SURNAME Buckard, Christian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Buckard, Christian Georg (full name); Buckard, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and author
DATE OF BIRTH August 6, 1962