Helmut Hornung
Helmut Hornung (born July 30, 1959 in Weilheim / Upper Bavaria) is a journalist and author specializing in astronomy .
Life
After completing his studies in English and German (thesis entitled “Mondreisen in der deutschen Literatur des 18. Century”), Helmut Hornung was a volunteer and then an editor for the Süddeutsche Zeitung for ten years . In July 2000, Hornung moved to the press office of the Max Planck Society and has since been editor-in-chief of the science magazine MaxPlanckResearch . In addition, he continues to write for the Süddeutsche Zeitung and Bild der Wissenschaft . To date, he has written more than a thousand articles for newspapers and magazines on his specialist field of astronomy and space travel and has given hundreds of lectures at schools, adult education centers and institutions. Among other things, he works as a lecturer at the children's university . Hornung has been a member of the Astronomical Society since 1985 . He is married and has two children. Hornung is also first chairman of the community college in Weilheim.
Publications (selection)
- Safari into the realm of the stars , Hamburg, Oetinger Verlag 1992, ISBN 3-7891-3701-4 .
- Black holes and comets: Introduction to astronomy , Munich: Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag 1999, ISBN 3-423-33043-0 .
- Astronomical Streiflichter: constellations, stars and their stories , with star maps and numerous illustrations by Martin Rothe, Munich: Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag 2000, ISBN 3-423-33059-7 , new edition 2005 by Anaconda Verlag under the title Sternbilder , ISBN 3-938484 -24-1 .
- Forays through space: researchers unravel distant worlds , Munich: Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag 2008, ISBN 978-3-423-62370-4 .
- Wonderful starry sky - Discover and understand the universe , Cologne: Anaconda-Verlag 2014, ISBN 978-3-7306-0136-5 .
The books have been partially translated into Hungarian, Japanese and Chinese.
Awards
- 1993: German Youth Literature Prize for the non-fiction book Safari into the Realm of the Stars
- 1998: VfR Space Prize from the Association for the Promotion of Space Travel
Web links
- Literature by and about Helmut Hornung in the catalog of the German National Library
- MaxPlanckResearch
- Association for the Promotion of Space Travel eV
Individual evidence
- ↑ see the legal notice of the Volkshochschule Weilheim at http://www.vhs-weilheim.de/index.php/service/impressum , accessed on October 6, 2014
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hornung, Helmut |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 30, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Weilheim, Upper Bavaria |