Ernst von Khuon
Ernst von Khuon-Wildegg (born August 11, 1915 in Pasing ; † January 31, 1997 in Munich ) was a German radio and television journalist and author of non-fiction books and novels.
Life
After a private degree in the history of culture and technology, he was a science reporter for the Reichsender München from 1935 . From 1939 to 1945 he was a war reporter in the Air Force as a member of a propaganda company .
After the war he was first a specialist correspondent for science and technology at Südwestfunk (from 1948), then (from 1963 to 1977) SWF chief reporter for radio and television. He has received numerous prizes and awards. In addition to his journalistic work, he wrote several radio plays and audio episodes, documentaries , popular science non-fiction books and science fiction novels (including Helium 1949, radio play version 1950).
Von Khuon gained great popularity through the ARD moon flight reports in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The book he published, Were the Gods Astronauts? , in which scientists dealt critically with the theses of Erich von Däniken . Von Khuon was by no means a sworn opponent of frontier research into the past. So he steered z. B. 1976 a friendly and approving preface to Otto Muck's bestseller Alles über Atlantis .
Ernst von Khuon died in 1997 at the age of 81. His final resting place is in the cemetery of Oberhaching , district of Munich .
Works
Books
- with Alfred Lederle: Claus Kuon and his descendants: A family story. Maidl & Sohn, Munich 1947.
- Helium. Novel. Reich, Munich 1949.
- Gold on a dark background. Novel. Bertelsmann, Gütersloh 1955.
- Adventures of our century: scientists and technicians are transforming the world. With a foreword by Otto Hahn . Stalling, Hamburg 1960.
- Yesterday a thousand years ago: Travel into the past. Stalling, Hamburg 1961.
- The invisible made visible. Econ, Vienna 1968.
- Adventure science. Frankfurt 1968.
- with Günter Siefarth : Moon flight in question and answer: Experts provide information. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1969.
- Were the gods astronauts? Scientists discuss Erich Däniken's theses. Edited and introduced by Ernst von Khuon. Afterword by Erich Däniken. Econ, Düsseldorf 1971, ISBN 3-430-15382-4 .
- Cultures: peoples and empires of bygone times. Praesentverlag Peter, Gütersloh 1972.
- This our beautiful earth: living with progress. Droemer-Knaur, Munich / Zurich 1979, ISBN 3-426-03605-3 .
Radio plays
- Space station I rules the earth. SWF 1953.
literature
- Ernst von Khuon (-Wildegg) , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 15/1997 from March 31, 1997, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
Web links
- Literature by and about Ernst von Khuon in the catalog of the German National Library
- Ernst von Khuon in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Works by and about Ernst von Khuon at Open Library
- Space station I dominates the earth at www.swr2.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ See: Ernst von Khuon, Rätsel Atlantis , a foreword to Otto Muck , Alles über Atlantis , Düsseldorf-Wien, 1976
- ^ Knerger.de: The grave of Ernst von Khuon-Wildegg
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Khuon, Ernst von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Khuon-Wildegg, Ernst von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 11, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pasing |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 31, 1997 |
| Place of death | Munich |