Christian Potyka
Christian Potyka (* 1942 ; † July 22, 1981 in Munich ) was a German journalist .
Life
Potyka initially did military service in the Bundeswehr. From 1964 to 1965 he graduated from the German School of Journalism (DJS) in Munich. Subsequently, he studied political science , ethnology and modern history and was 1974 at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich with a thesis on Haile Selassie to Dr. phil. PhD.
In 1970 he became political editor of the Süddeutsche Zeitung . His focus was military politics. He was one of the few journalists who criticized NATO's double decision (1979). In 1980 he took part in an exchange program with others in the USA .
After a serious operation, he died at the age of 38. His widow accepted prizes for him posthumously .
Awards
- 1980: McCloy Fellowship in Journalism
- 1981: Theodor Wolff Prize (posthumous)
- 1983: Culture Prize of the German Armed Forces Association (posthumous)
Fonts (selection)
- Haile Selassie. The Negus Negesti in peace and war. On the politics of the Ethiopian reform ruler. Osang, Bad Honnef 1974, (At the same time: Munich, university, dissertation, 1974: Haile Selassie in peace and war. ).
Web links
- Search for Christian Potyka in the SPK digital portal of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
Individual evidence
- ↑ Graduates 1961–1970 , German School of Journalism, accessed on August 24, 2014.
- ↑ Erika J. Fischer, Heinz-D. Fischer (Ed.): Along the "American way of life". Reports of German journalism fellows of the John J. McCloy exchange program (= Political Documents . Volume 12). Preface by Theo Sommer . Berlin Verlag Arno Spitz, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-87061-322-X .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Potyka, Christian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1942 |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 22, 1981 |
| Place of death | Munich |