Christian Rickens
Christian Rickens (born February 26, 1971 ) is a German journalist and writer .
Life
Rickens grew up in Brunsbüttel and Wunstorf . He studied journalism and economics at the Munich Ludwig Maximilians University and the London School of Economics with an MSc ; He also trained as an editor at the German School of Journalism in Munich . He then worked for three years as a freelance business journalist a . a. works for brand eins , Die Zeit and Süddeutsche Zeitung . In 2000 he became editor at manager magazin . From December 2011 he headed Spiegel Online's economic department . Since November 2015 he has been head of the Agenda department at Handelsblatt .
In addition to his journalistic work, Rickens is the author of Die neue Spießer: From the fatal yearning for an outdated society (2006), Links! Comeback of a lifestyle (2008), as well as from the very top: How Germany's millionaires really live (2011). He is also the editor of the book The Lightbulb Complot: The Most Spectacular Conspiracy Theories and What's True to Them (2014).
Awards
- 2005: Ludwig Erhard Prize for Business Journalism (sponsorship prize)
Fonts
- The new philistines. About the fatal longing for an outdated society. Ullstein, Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-550-07896-5 ; extended edition ibid. 2007, ISBN 978-3-548-36965-5 .
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Left! Comeback of a lifestyle. Ullstein, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-550-08747-9 .
- SPD 2013: The Social Democrats catch fire , excerpt from Spiegel Online , September 6, 2008
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At the top: How Germany's millionaires really live Kiepenheuer & Witsch 2011, ISBN 978-3-462-04280-1 .
- In search of traces in the residential area , review by the dossier, August 27, 2011
- The lightbulb plot. The most spectacular conspiracy theories - and what's true about them. Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 2014, ISBN 978-3-462-04701-1 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Christian Rickens in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and reviews of works by Christian Rickens at perlentaucher.de
- Christian Rickens on single-generation.de (collection of articles and reviews)
Footnotes
- ↑ Christian Rickens & Wolfgang Uchatius : The last Morse code has long been sent . In: mare . December 1998 / January 1999.
- ↑ Sophia Seiderer: Completely normal sailors, only in a larger boat. The journalist Christian Rickens has written a book about Germany's millionaires . In: Welt Online , April 26, 2011.
- ↑ kress.de : kressköpf: Christian Rickens
- ↑ Brief portrait ( Memento from December 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ http://www.vhb.de/Presse/handelsblatt-ernennt-christian-rickens-zum-neuen-ressortleiter-agenda/
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rickens, Christian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 26, 1971 |