Hans Rauscher

This article deals with the journalist Hans Rauscher. For the karate athlete, see Hans-Dieter Rauscher ; for the German SA member see Hanns Rauscher .

Hans Rauscher (born December 11, 1944 in Vienna ) is an Austrian journalist and book author .

Life

After graduating from high school in 1963, Rauscher studied newspaper science and history at the University of Vienna . In 1965 he came to the magazine Der Österreichische Volkswirt . In 1970 he was one of the founders of the business magazine Trend .

In 1974 he founded a. a. with Peter Piller and Georg Waldstein the weekly business magazine Ecco , which was supported by the daily newspaper Kurier . From 1975 to 1996 he worked for the courier , where he initially wrote the glossary on the front page. From 1977 to 1980 he was the head of the Sunday courier . In 1980 he became deputy editor-in-chief and head of the domestic affairs department. From 1984 he wrote foreign policy commentaries. From 1992 to 1996 he was editor-in-chief . Moreover, he was u. a. Guest commentator for the news magazine Profil and the business magazine Wirtschaftswoche .

In 1997, Rauscher became a columnist for the daily newspaper Der Standard and the weekly magazine Format .

Works

• Vranitzky. A chance. Ueberreuter, Vienna 1987, ISBN 3-8000-3261-9 .
• Collaboration with Markus Juen: 1945: the rebirth of Austria. the dramatic days from the end of the war to the beginning of the republic. Böhlau, Vienna 1995, ISBN 3-205-98409-9 .
• Franz Fischler. Provocations by an Austrian European. Signum, Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-85436-277-3 .
• Waltraud Klasnic. a new style woman at the head of Styria. Molden, Vienna 2000, ISBN 3-85485-043-3 .
• Israel, Europe and the new anti-Semitism. Handbook of History 2000–2004. Molden, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-85485-122-7 .
• (Ed.): The book Austria. Texts that you have to know. Brandstätter, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-85498-391-3 .
• What needs to be said but must not be said. Ecowin, Salzburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-7110-0066-8 .

Awards

• 1990: Dr. Karl Renner Journalism Prize from the Austrian Journalists Club
• 1992: Austrian State Prize for journalistic achievements in the interests of national intellectual defense
• 2000: Concordia Prize in the freedom of the press category
• 2001: Friedrich Torberg Medal from the Jewish Community of Vienna
• 2004: Kurt Vorhofer Prize of the Journalists' Union for Political Journalism
• 2018: Gold Medal of Merit of the State of Vienna

Web links

• Literature by and about Hans Rauscher in the catalog of the German National Library
• Interview with Hans Rauscher on fm5.at
• Hans Rauscher's section in the daily newspaper derstandard.at