Gustav Faber (journalist)
Gustav Faber (born August 15, 1912 in Badenweiler ; † April 5, 1993 in Badenweiler) was a German journalist , travel writer and non-fiction author .
Life
Gustav Faber received his doctorate in German and history . From 1949 he was the author of the cultural magazine Das Artwork . Great reputation he gained through his many - especially cultural history oriented - travelogues . His travels took him to Latin America , the Orient and the Mediterranean . In 1953 he was awarded the Karlsruhe City Prize for Culture . Since the Second World War , Faber has lived as a freelance author in his hometown of Badenweiler in the Black Forest .
Publications (selection)
- The killer yard. Novel. With 27 drawings by the author . Verlag für Kulturpolitik, Berlin 1935.
- Carl Bleibtreu as a literary critic . Ebering, Berlin 1936 (also: Munich, phil. Diss., = Germanic Studies, H. 175).
- German blood in a strange earth. Life pictures of great Germans on five continents . Verlag Junge Generation, Berlin 1939 (about Philipp von Hutten , Peter Minnewit , Jakob Leisler , Otto Friedrich von der Groeben , Arthur Phillip , Friedrich von Steuben , Friedrich Hecker , Johann Cäsar Godeffroy and Kurt Faber ).
- The painter king. Narrative. Waldemar Heldt, Hamburg 1948.
- Pirates or state founders - Normans from the North Sea to the Bosporus . Gütersloh 1968.
- Brazil - tomorrow's world power . Tübingen 1970, ISBN 3-7711-0120-4 .
- Portugal . Munich 1972, ISBN 3-7913-0031-8 .
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I think of Germany ... Nine journeys through history and the present . Insel-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1975, ISBN 3-458-05898-2 .
- Extended new edition after the reunification of Germany: Travels through Germany. Twelve journeys through German history and the present . Insel-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1994, ISBN 3-458-33295-2 .
- The dream of the empire in the south - The Ottonians and Salians . Munich 1983, ISBN 3-570-03447-X .
- In the footsteps of Hannibal . Munich 1983, ISBN 3-471-77319-3 .
- In the footsteps of Paul . Munich 1989, ISBN 3-471-77547-1 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information from List Verlag, Munich
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Faber, Gustav |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist, travel writer and non-fiction author |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 15, 1912 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Badenweiler |
DATE OF DEATH | April 5, 1993 |
Place of death | Badenweiler |