Hans Gresmann

Hans Gresmann (born April 25, 1928 in Hamburg ; † October 16, 2006 in Albufeira , Portugal ) was a German newspaper and radio journalist .

Life

Gresmann studied history , psychology and political science in Hamburg and Seattle . In 1957 he became an editor in the politics department of the weekly newspaper Die Zeit and was promoted by the then deputy editor-in-chief Marion Gräfin Dönhoff . He is credited with inventing the nickname "King Silver Tongue" for Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger . In 1963 he organized a reading tour of the Soviet writer Yevgeny Yevtushenko through the Federal Republic. From 1965 he also worked as a commentator on ARD television .

At the beginning of 1970, Gresmann became the first boss of the ZEITmagazin supplement. The publisher Gerd Bucerius was so annoyed about the first issue of October 2 that he replaced Gresmann with her predecessor Josef Müller-Marein , who had meanwhile advanced to become editor-in-chief . Shortly afterwards, Gresmann received the Theodor Wolff Prize .

Instead of returning to the political editorial team as offered by Bucerius, Gresmann left the time and switched to Südwestfunk (SWF) in 1971 . At first he worked for the political magazine Report Baden-Baden , in 1973 he became head of politics and deputy head of the television editorial department, and in 1981 he became its editor-in-chief. In 1984/85 he co-hosted the SWF for the ARD talk show Moment mal .

From 1986 to 1990 Gresmann was a correspondent for SWF radio and Deutschlandfunk in the ARD studio in Washington . From 1990 he worked as a freelance journalist . In the same year he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class, for his services to German-American relations .

Individual evidence

Web links

Literature by and about Hans Gresmann in the catalog of the German National Library

personal data
SURNAME	Gresmann, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German journalist
DATE OF BIRTH	April 25, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH	October 16, 2006
Place of death	Albufeira , Portugal

[1] Voss pays tribute to Hans Gresmann as an outstanding journalist. Former SWF TV editor and Washington radio correspondent has died

[2] Der Spiegel 43/2006 - Hans Gresmann

[3] Der Spiegel 43/2006 - Hans Gresmann

[4] "King Silver Tongue" | The time archive | Edition 11/1968

[5] Hans Gresmann | Time online

[6] Hans Gresmann | Time online

[7] Jewgeni Jewtuschenko * - Jewgeni Jewtuschenko In Deutschland - Voices Of Time (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs

[8] Der Spiegel 45/1970 - MMs M

[9] Der Spiegel 22/1968 - Josef (Jupp) Müller-Marein

[10] Publisher's Word | The time archive | Edition 45/1970

[11] DER SPIEGEL 45/1970 - PROFESSIONAL

[12] Publisher's Word | The time archive | Edition 45/1970

[13] Wait a minute (TV Series 1984–1985) - Full Cast & Crew , Trailer Wait a minute - ARD speaking time 1984 - YouTube .

[14] Der Spiegel 43/2006 - Hans Gresmann

[15] Voss pays tribute to Hans Gresmann as an outstanding journalist. Former SWF TV editor and Washington radio correspondent has died