Evelyn Roll

Evelyn Roll (born September 4, 1952 in Lüdenscheid ) is a German journalist and publicist.

Life

Evelyn Roll studied German language and literature and political science at the Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg from 1972 to 1980 . During this time she gained her first journalistic experience at the Badische Zeitung . This was followed by a postgraduate course in journalism with a minor in public law at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz .

Her further journalistic career took place from 1980 to 1982 as a freelance journalist for the Abendzeitung , the Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) and the Bayerischer Rundfunk . In 1983 she came to the SZ in Munich , where she initially worked as a local reporter and correspondent . From 1992 Roll headed the SZ office in Frankfurt am Main before moving to Berlin in the same position in 1995. The structure of the capital city editorial office was the focus of their work.

For their contribution, Brand New Sizes , published in the Süddeutsche Zeitung from 9./10. Published in October 1999, it was awarded the Theodor Wolff Prize in the general category in 2000.

Evelyn Roll has been working as an author since 1999 and publishes books on primarily political topics. Her publications include a. several books about Angela Merkel and a portrait about Oskar Lafontaine . She has also published a book about golf , a sport she has been practicing since school.

Your ZDF documentary (together with Claudia Bissinger) The Chancellor. Angela Merkel's first year in office had over 3.2 million viewers in November 2006.

Publications

• Oskar Lafontaine . Heyne, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-453-04718-4 .
• as editor: at the corner of Friedrichstrasse, views over Berlin . dtv, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-423-08384-0 .
• Now should finally be the heyday. Berlin observations . Picus, Vienna 2000, ISBN 3-85452-730-6 .
• The girl and the power. Angela Merkel's democratic awakening . Rowohlt, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-87134-429-X .
• Because man is a man . Rowohlt, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-87134-494-X .
• The first. Angela Merkel's path to power . Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Reinbek near Hamburg 2005, ISBN 3-499-62128-2 .
• Nice game. Stories from golf . Ullstein, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-548-36855-7 .
• The chancellor. Angela Merkel's path to power . Ullstein, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-548-37269-3 .
• We are Europe! A pamphlet against nationalism . Ullstein, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-550-08159-0 (The text is based on the author's essay in the Süddeutsche Zeitung under the title: "Citizens for Europe" , on February 13, 2016, 45 pages).

Awards

• 2000: Theodor Wolff Prize
• Journalist Prize of the City of Frankfurt

Web links

• Literature by and about Evelyn Roll in the catalog of the German National Library
• Short biography and reviews of works by Evelyn Roll at perlentaucher.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Short biography and award-winning text Entirely new sizes ( memento from February 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) on the website of the Federal Association of German Newspaper Publishers
2. ↑ Brief portrait at ullsteinbuchverlage.de
3. ^ ZDF yearbook 2006