Cornelia Tomerius

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Cornelia Tomerius (* 1974 in Dessau , née Jeske) is a German journalist and book author. She writes on social and travel topics, with a focus on Istanbul .

Career

Tomerius studied sociology, journalism and English in Göttingen and Leipzig . She has lived as a freelance journalist in Berlin since 2001 and writes reports mainly for Merian , the Frankfurter Rundschau and the Berliner Zeitung .

Publications and reception

Together with Grit Hartmann and Jens Weinreich , Cornelia Tomerius (under her maiden name Jeske) presented a history of the Leipzig Central Stadium in 2003 with the title Stadium Stories 1863-2012: Leipzig between Gymnastics Festival, Traumarena and Olympia , which describes the history of the Central Stadium (see Zentralstadion Leipzig (1956 ) and Zentralstadion Leipzig (2004) ). It followed in 2004 with the same co-authors a book about the scandals of the Olympic application: Operation 2012 - Leipzig's German Olympic trip . Not an easy book, but an informative one. For politicians, sports journalists - and meteorologists , said Robert Ide in the Tagesspiegel .

Cornelia Tomerius became known as a travel book author in 2008 with A Year in Istanbul: Journey into Everyday Life . The TV broadcaster Arte recommended the book in the bibliography for its theme evening in Istanbul : “Tomerius writes entertainingly and outlines the city and life with all its facets. The reader learns a lot about the not easy life in the metropolis ”. Michael Friedrich and Bianca Schilling presented it in the Geo magazine as one of their "favorite books about the city on the Bosporus". About your report in the literary travel book Istanbul, 'dying beauty' between Orient and Occident? Published by Wilhelm Genazino ? . Ingo Arend wrote in his review in the Taz that it gives an idea of ​​"the changes that are imminent in a city in a country that wants to move up into the top ten of the world economy in the next ten years."

In April 2013, Cornelia Tomerius published a chronicle of the breakdowns and bankruptcies of major projects in Berlin under the title Ach du dickes B. Ruth Schneeberger reviewed the book in the Süddeutsche Zeitung . Her conclusion: "The author has set out to explain the mysterious nature of the capital city residents - and also serves an instructive piece of contemporary history about prominent rivets, huge building sins. And about what the permanent bankruptcy does to the city."

bibliography

  • with Grit Hartmann and Daniel Sturm: Stadium stories 1863−2012: Leipzig between gymnastics festival, Traumarena and Olympia. Forum Verlag, Leipzig 2003, ISBN 3-931801-40-3 .
  • with Grit Hartmann and Daniel Sturm: Operation 2012. Leipzig's German Olympic trip. Forum Verlag, Leipzig 2004, ISBN 3-931801-32-2 .
  • Michael Cesarz, Manina Ferreira-Erlenbach (ed.): Meydan Shopping Square. A New Prototype by FOA. A Metro Group Project in Istanbul. Jovis, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-939633-30-3 .
  • One year in Istanbul: Journey into everyday life . Herder Verlag, Freiburg / Basel / Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-939633-30-3 .
  • Hatune Dogan with the assistance of Cornelia Tomerius: It's about survival: My commitment to the Christians in Iraq. Herder Verlag, Freiburg / Basel / Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-451-30228-2 .
  • Wilhelm Genazino (Ed.): Istanbul, 'dying beauty' between Orient and Occident? Corso Verlag, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86260-021-2 . (with a contribution by Cornelia Tomerius)
  • Oh you fat B. A Berlin bankruptcy story. Bloomsbury Verlag, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-8270-1145-9 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bloomsbury Publishing House
  2. ↑ Robert Ide: SIDE CHANGE Deep above Leipzig. In: Der Tagesspiegel. February 3, 2004.
  3. ↑ Review by Markus Beek, Istanbul Post No. 29/2009
  4. ↑ Bibliography Istanbul, Arte, August 16, 2010 ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.arte.tv
  5. ↑ Michael Friedrich, Bianca Schilling: Turkey: Literature from the Bosporus. on: geo.de
  6. ↑ Review note at Perlentaucher
  7. ↑ Ingo Arend: Where tea boys and Roma lived. In: Taz. November 26, 2011.
  8. ^ Airport, subway, Ferris wheel Berlin bankruptcy stories. 3Sat, April 18, 2013.
  9. ↑ Ruth Schneeberger: Berlin's most beautiful bankruptcies . Review of Ach du dickes B. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. April 16, 2013.
  10. ↑ Jovis Verlagswebsite ( Memento of the original of September 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.jovis.de
personal data
SURNAME Tomerius, Cornelia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and book author
DATE OF BIRTH 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Dessau