Dorette German

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Dorette Deutsch (born November 22, 1953 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein ) is a German author and journalist.

Life

Dorette Deutsch studied German , Slavic and philosophy in Heidelberg and Munich . Since 1981 she lives between Munich and Italy, first as a DAAD - Lecturer and Lecturer in German language and literature at the University of Bologna , in parallel began her journalistic activity on cultural policy issues from Italy. Since 1994 she has lived on the Ligurian coast.

Create

In her work, Dorette Deutsch deals with socially critical content and above all with new forms of living in old age, cultural-political issues in her adopted country of Italy and with the reality in Afghanistan.

Her gaze is always behind the scenes and focused on meeting people, in whose lives she often immerses herself for several months during her research . She uses this proximity to the content of her reports and reports, which she has experienced herself, to give readers an immediate insight into other worlds.

Books

  • Good prospects for old age. How an Italian village can change our lives. Piper Verlag, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-492-04873-0 . (Piper Paperback 2007)
  • Life dreams have no age. New ideas for living together in the future. Krüger Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-901811-56-2 .
  • Instructions for use for Venice. Piper Verlag, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-492-27523-0 . (Revised and updated new edition 2009, ISBN 978-3-492-27591-0 )
  • Instructions for use for Genoa and the Italian Riviera. Piper Verlag, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-492-27531-1 .
  • Liguria. Coastal land between the Cinque Terre and the Maritime Alps. Carinthia Verlag, Klagenfurt 2005, ISBN 3-85378-591-3 .
  • Madonnas look out over the sea. Ligurian coastal secrets. Picus Verlag, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-85452-748-9 .

Selected reports on ARD radio

  • Old Kabul. The musicians of Kharabat. Bayerischer Rundfunk, December 23, 2012.
  • Behind mud walls. Education in Afghanistan. Südwestrundfunk, October 27, 2012.
  • The new world of the old. A pilot project in Italy. Radio Berlin Brandenburg, September 17, 2012.
  • The light of Ramazan. Bayerischer Rundfunk, August 5, 2012.
  • Courtyards with mulberry tree. Afghan women in the countryside. Bayerischer Rundfunk, May 19, 2012.
  • School desks behind mud walls. Deutschlandfunk, December 2, 2011.
  • A theater of real life. Christmas in Naples. Bayerischer Rundfunk, December 19, 2010.
  • When the lemons wither. An Italian trip. Südwestrundfunk, October 17, 2010.
  • Can Venice go under? Strategies to save the lagoon. Radio Berlin Brandenburg, September 28, 2010.
  • Our law is freedom! A musical journey into the marble mountains of Carrara. Bayerischer Rundfunk, November 15, 2009.
  • The legacy of the maestro. The Casa Verdi in Milan. Bayerischer Rundfunk, November 18, 2008.
  • The smell of stew and fresh coffee. Living with dementia. Radio Berlin Brandenburg, August 6, 2008.
  • Sounds for a better world. Bayerischer Rundfunk, October 8, 2006.
  • Slavery in the strawberry field. Südwestrundfunk, July 25, 2006.
  • The Marzabotto stones. Bayerischer Rundfunk, August 19, 2002.
  • Bouquet of flowers and rainbow, everyday life for women in Afghanistan. Norddeutscher Rundfunk, May 26, 2002.
  • Mines in the tulip field. Everyday life in Afghanistan. Bayerischer Rundfunk, July 17, 2002.
  • Paths of a cyclist. How the chemical worker Gabriele Bortolozzo began to uncover a huge environmental scandal in Venice. Südwestrundfunk, July 20, 1999.
  • The sad brides of Zadrima . Trafficking in women in Europe. Bayerischer Rundfunk, December 14, 1998.

Movie

  • Venice - the other view. The everyday life of a transport boat driver. Wolfgang Ettlich (director) and Dorette Deutsch (book) MGS Filmproduktion, Bayerischer Rundfunk 2000.

Volunteering

Together with the Afghan Qamar Karzai, she founded the “Yalda” circle of friends, which enables young women in Kabul and the Afghan hinterland to learn to read and write.

In the Italian mountain village of Tiedoli, she volunteers to implement this innovative elderly care concept. This project made important suggestions for intergenerational housing projects in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Awards

Award of the European Journalist Prize "Lorenzo Natali" for human rights in 2000 for the article in the Süddeutsche Zeitung: "The sad brides of Zadrima" about trafficking in women in Europe.

Culture Prize of the city of Borgotaro in 2012 for the journalistic work on the subject of age and the pilot project “Le case di Tiedoli” (see “Nice prospects for old age,” Piper) and the commitment to human and women's rights.

Web links

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  • Several generations live in the Bruchmühle. In: Bergisches Handelsblatt. October 31, 2012.
  • How an Italian village could change our lives. In: KursKontakte. No. 153. (online at: kurskontakte.de )
  • The miracle of Tiedoli. In: Der Spiegel. 13/2006. (online at: spiegel.de )
personal data
SURNAME German, Dorette
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German radio journalist and book author
DATE OF BIRTH November 22, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Ludwigshafen am Rhein