Haig Latchinian

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Haig Latchinian (March 2015)

Haig Latchinian (* 1968 in Leipzig ) is a German journalist and author with Armenian roots on his father's side. As local editor of the Leipziger Volkszeitung he writes articles and reports mainly for the Muldental edition of this newspaper.

Life

Haig Latchinian grew up in Leipzig's residential area " Straße des 18. Oktober ". In 1987 he successfully completed the Abitur course at the children's and youth sports school in Leipzig (today: Landesgymnasium für Sport Leipzig ). From grades 3 to 13 he played football as a midfielder at 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig and was twice GDR champion with his team (1981 and 1984).

Before and after basic military service with the National People's Army , he completed a traineeship at Radio DDR , Sender Leipzig. In 1989 Latchinian began a university course in the journalism section of the Karl Marx University in Leipzig . During his studies in 1992 he completed an internship in the Sachsenspiegel editorial team at MDR television. In the Bundesliga season 1993/1994 he worked as a stadium announcer for VfB Leipzig .

After completing his studies in 1994, the Leipziger Volkszeitung hired him as an editor. He worked for the editorial offices in Leipzig, Eilenburg and Döbeln and has been in Wurzen and Grimma since 1995 . Latchinian lives in Wurzen.

family

Haig Latchinian is the younger son from the marriage of Sarkis Latchinian (1930–2012) - an Armenian whose parents only barely survived the genocide of the Armenians - with the German Adelheid Latchinian nee. Skonietzki. His mother passed the best Abitur in Weimar in 1955 and was nevertheless only allowed to study with GDR President Wilhelm Pieck after intervening because of her Christian faith . Latchinian's parents met while studying in Bulgaria . From 1975 to 1990, his father was a full professor for political economy of capitalism at the economics section of the Karl Marx University in Leipzig. After completing her doctorate and habilitation, the mother worked as a lecturer in literature at the University of Leipzig from 1970 to 1998. Haig Latchinian's older siblings are brother Sewan Latchinian (* 1961; actor, director and artistic director) and sister Kohar.

The Leipziger Volkszeitung published on April 23, 2015 to their page 3. Andreas Debski authored, detailed portrait of Latchinian family under the title: The Armenian Genocide and trauma of Latchinians - As a Leipzig family with the expulsion from the Ottoman Empire 100 years ago.

Award

On 25 August 2008 Haig Latchinian received for his LVZ series Sleepless in Muldental the German Local Journalist Award 2007, the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in the category Series: As a reporter, he established himself one night a week in villages of the distribution area and spoke with the people there.

“The reporter dedicates half a day and a whole night to the places in the east of the Muldental. The title of the series “Schlaflos in ...” suggests: He also turns most of the night into day, asks and listens. The reports are declarations of love to places that are beautiful and people who feel good: home to touch. "

- From the reasons given by the jury

As a result of this award, this newspaper series was published in 2008 as an independent book with the title Schlaflos - Unterwegs im Herz des Muldental .

Works (selection)

Newspaper articles (selection)

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  • A living legend - 1. FC Lok Leipzig is celebrating its 50th birthday this month. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung, Muldental edition, January 14, 2016, p. 27.
Until 2015
  • Trebsen : The craftsmen's forge before the end. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung , Muldental edition, December 4, 2015, p. 31.
  • If you don't like powdered sugar, you get a nack. About Christmas stollen . In: Leipziger Volkszeitung , Muldental edition, December 2, 2015, page 31.
  • Wurzens golden boy Philipp Wende is at home again - 30-year-old rower wins world championship title in quadruple. Report plus comment The nice Philipp from next door . In: Leipziger Volkszeitung, Muldental edition, September 10, 2015, p. 25.
  • The proud lady Wurzen makes herself beautiful. For the day of the Saxons . In: Leipziger Volkszeitung, complete edition, September 2, 2015, page 5.
  • A power pack without muscles. About the new disability officer Jens Merkel. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung, Muldental edition, August 5, 2015, p. 31 (full-page newspaper article)
  • The Kesslers are back. About the siblings Alice and Ellen Kessler in the Udo Jürgens musical I've never been to New York . In: Leipziger Volkszeitung, Muldental edition, June 2, 2015, p. 27 (full-page article).
  • Root of the pilgrim authorized representative. About police chief Thomas Zittier. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung, Muldental edition, May 20, 2015.
  • Machern family receives relieving SMS from their son from Nepal: "I live". In: Leipziger Volkszeitung, Muldental edition, April 28, 2015, p. 27.
  • The Bach understanding from Neichen. About Kreuzkantor Oskar Wermann . In: Leipziger Volkszeitung, Muldental edition, April 21, 2015, p. 27 (full-page newspaper article).
  • A Muldentaler in the Brussels cosmos. About the politician Hermann Winkler , the European Parliament and the Muldental and the Leipzig region . In: Leipziger Volkszeitung, Muldental edition, April 18, 2015, p. 35 (full-page newspaper article).
  • Nepalmed is awarded by the Saxon student jury - "Genialsozial". In: Leipziger Volkszeitung, Muldental edition, February 5, 2015, page 27.
  • Love at first sight. 100 years after August Bebel's death: “Asylheim” on the Parthe is now a gem. About the Bebel-Liebknecht-Haus Borsdorf . In: Leipziger Volkszeitung, Muldental edition, October 25, 2013, p. 27.
Until 2000
  • Despite the end of the war, the struggle for survival continued - "Grimma-Jugo" Ranko Balog visited his old home. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung, Muldental edition, August 21, 1999, p. 27.
  • After Mitch and his mudslide came the flood of donations. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung, Muldental edition, December 22, 1998, p. 26.
  • Beirut by car. Report. LVZ-Reisemagazin, January 21, 1994, p. 4.

Report book

  • Sleepless - on the move in the heart of the Mulde valley. Photos: Frank Schmidt. Leipziger Medien Service, Leipzig 2008, ISBN 978-3-9811948-4-5 .

Anthology contribution

  • A master of his trade - Thomas Lauth shapes a piece of jewelery from a ruin in Altenhain. In: Schlossmenschen - A visit to 20 private castles in Central Germany. Editor Thomas Müller. Leipziger Medien Service, Leipzig 2011, ISBN 978-3-942360-05-0 , pp. 6-11.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Haig Latchinian: Leipzig residential area "Straße des 18. Oktober" turns 50 - The residential area "Straße des 18. Oktober" turns 50 this year, just as old as Haig Latchinian. The LVZ editor grew up there and goes back to his childhood in the 1970s. Leipziger Volkszeitung , online portal. Retrieved August 7, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Jan Schmidt, Günter von Alm: Leipzig voices that everyone knows. In: Leipziger Morgenpost of January 13, 1994, page 3. (portrait)
  3. ↑ GND 121712222
  4. ^ Obituary notice in the Leipziger Volkszeitung from September 11, 2012
  5. ↑ GND 106754394
  6. ↑ Curriculum vitae on the Leipzig University website
  7. ↑ DNB 482014105
  8. ^ In: Leipziger Volkszeitung , April 23, 2015, page 3.
  9. ↑ Awarding of the German Local Journalist Prize of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation 2007 in Hamburg. Konrad Adenauer Foundation e. V., August 19, 2008, accessed January 4, 2015 (press release).
  10. ↑ In strange beds. Series: Leipziger Volkszeitung. In: Hamburger Abendblatt . August 21, 2008, accessed March 18, 2018 .
  11. ↑ DNB entry
  12. ^ Haig Latchinian: Hermann Paul Mannewitz (1888–1958): Numerous buildings recall his style between tradition and modernity. Leipziger Volkszeitung , print edition Muldental, full-page report as “Topic of the day”, February 7, 2019, p. 27; not available via lvz.de.
  13. ↑ The activity of the educational center for handicraft preservation of the Rittergut Trebsen ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) is discontinued. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Förderverein Rittergut Trebsen e. V. of October 31, 2015, accessed on August 10, 2016.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.denkmalpflege-trebsen.de
  14. ↑ Table of Contents
personal data
SURNAME Latchinian, Haig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and author
DATE OF BIRTH 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig