Gideon Boess

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Gideon Böss (born February 17, 1983 in Mannheim ) is a German writer and columnist .

Journalistic and literary activity

In 2013 the book  Auf ein Gläschen with Helmut Schmidt was published , in which Böss was one of three authors. It is a satire on the interview series  Auf eine Zigarette with Helmut Schmidt , which  Helmut Schmidt published  in collaboration with  Giovanni di Lorenzo  . In October 2014, the novel  The Sustainable followed , which deals with the topic of political correctness  and incorrectness using the example of a black actor who is rejected for the role of Adolf Hitler because of his skin color  .

In 2016 Germany, your gods - a journey to temples, churches, witch houses , a non-fiction book about religious diversity in Germany was published. For this, the self-declared agnostic Böss traveled to 26 different communities, with established religions such as the Catholic Church, Judaism and Islam on the program as well as smaller ones such as the Salvation Army, Hinduism and Mormonism as well as exotic religions such as the Mandaeans and Quakers. It was positively emphasized in the press that the topics of religion and belief were presented in an entertaining and entertaining manner, but without drifting into disrespect. Doris Akrap wrote in the taz: “Böss does not provide a hodgepodge of curious freaks who undergo strange rituals. Rather, it reports on parts of German society that was perhaps the most important basis of the internationally celebrated German welcoming culture in 2015. "

Another non-fiction book followed in 2019 with Schatz, We'll Get Rich (Maybe) - A Couple and 20 Attempts to Make Big Money , for which twenty different attempts were made to get rich. The range went from stocks and bitcoins, horse betting, suitcase auctions and art trading to participation in the German treasure hunt championship and a weekend seminar with a motivation guru. Sophie Dannenberg wrote in the Cicero that this work is a “crazy journey through capitalism”.

In addition to his writing activity, Böss wrote the weblog Böss in Berlin from 2008 to 2017 , in which he mostly dealt with topics related to culture and society in an ironic and satirical way. Since May 2017 he has been a regular columnist for Spiegel Daily , an online newspaper of the Spiegel. He also publishes regularly in other media such as Focus, Welt am Sonntag, Cicero , der Welt and in RBB .

Böss lives in Berlin.

Works

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Osel: Helmut Schmidt: The groupies of the former Chancellor - Politics - Süddeutsche.de. In: sueddeutsche.de. February 11, 2014, accessed November 9, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Doris Akrap : Hidden object High freak potential and welcoming culture - Gideon Böss' reports "Germany, your gods": Healing power of Quark - taz.de. In: taz.de. April 23, 2016, accessed November 9, 2019 .
  3. ^ Sophie Dannenberg: Frankfurt Book Fair - On a journey through capitalism. In: cicero.de. October 8, 2019, accessed November 9, 2019 .
  4. ^ Böss in Berlin. In: boess.welt.de. Archived from the original on December 31, 2017 ; accessed on November 9, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Authors - Imprint - FOCUS Online internal - FOCUS Online. All articles from GIDEON BÖSS. In: focus.de. Retrieved November 9, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Gideon Böss: Churches: The Germans believe everything - WELT. In: welt.de. January 8, 2017, accessed November 9, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Gideon Böss. In: cicero.de. Retrieved November 9, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Gideon Böss: Stop feeding trolls on the Internet! - WORLD. In: welt.de. January 29, 2016, accessed November 9, 2019 .
  9. ↑ The Olympic Spark. A comment by Gideon Böss. In: kulturradio.de. August 5, 2016, archived from the original on October 31, 2016 ; accessed on November 9, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Boss, Gideon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and columnist
DATE OF BIRTH 17th February 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Mannheim , Germany