Herbert Riehl-Heyse
Herbert Riehl-Heyse (* October 2, 1940 in Altötting as Herbert Riehl ; † April 23, 2003 in Eichenau ) was a German journalist and author .
Life
Herbert Riehl was born on October 2, 1940 in Altötting. After the death of his father, the warehouse manager Hans Riehl, who was shot by the SS on April 28, 1945 during the civil murders of Altötting , his mother Karolina Maria Riehl, nee. Spindler, who raise four children (older brother Hans , his two older sisters Marianne and Hildegard and Herbert) alone. After graduating from high school in Burghausen , Riehl-Heyse first studied law and passed both state law exams. He took his first steps as a journalist in 1968 as an editor at Münchner Merkur . In order to avoid confusion with his brother Hans, who had been the news editor there since 1962, he added the maiden name of his wife to his name (Herbert Riehl-Heyse). In 1971 he switched to the Süddeutsche Zeitung . As a senior editor and columnist (among other things in the side light ) he shaped the style of the newspaper with his subtle satire and irony. At the beginning of 1989 he became editor-in-chief of Stern magazine, which he left after four months and returned to the Süddeutsche Zeitung.
Riehl-Heyse was also the author of books in which he mainly examined the area of tension between politics and the media. He succumbed to longstanding cancer at the age of 62.
On April 27, 2005, the Herbert Riehl Heyse Prize was awarded to him for the first time .
About subjectivity & objectivity in journalism (quote)
Riehl-Heyse: "I do not believe at all that the public task of the daily newspaper is inevitably linked to so-called objectivity - on the contrary, if I understand this task of the press correctly, it consists of various functions: information, articulation, Control function. All three would not be fulfilled by a newspaper, the main principle of which would be the production of complete objectivity, mainly because it shows the reader that there is chemically pure objectivity, that the world functions exactly as it appears in such newspapers as a message. "
Therefore, “I am sure that the intentional subjectivity of the descriptor is more helpful and honest to the reader. More helpful because in this way he can learn things that could not be included in an 'objective' message just out of sheer caution, more honest because the author does not even try to give the impression that he is writing the only true, valid story about it or that political, cultural, social process. In this sense, it would be ideal if the reader knew exactly at the end of the article that he had not read anything other than the very personal view of a certain writer, and that he nevertheless found it useful to deal with this view. "
(Herbert Riehl-Heyse quoted from Petra E. Dorsch: Objectivity through Subjectivity? A conversation with the reporter Herbert Riehl-Heyse. In: Wolfgang R. Langenbucher : Journalismus & Journalismus. Munich 1980, pages 97-105, here page 100f.)
Awards
- 1977 Theodor Wolff Prize
- 1980 Ernst Hoferichter Prize
- 1982 Guardian Prize of the German daily press , 2nd prize for the presentation of human inadequacies in everyday life under the rule of law
- 1986 Ludwig Thoma Medal from the City of Munich
- 1984 Egon Erwin Kisch Prize , 2nd Prize for The Playmate vom Hasenbergl
- 1993 Media Prize of the German Bundestag
- 1994 Journalism Prize from the City of Munich
Works
- Bavaria needs Wolpertinger. (with Ernst Fischer and Hannes Burger ) Ehrenwirth, Munich 1977, ISBN 3-431-01897-1 .
- CSU - The party that invented beautiful Bavaria. Bertelsmann, Munich 1979, ISBN 3-570-02304-4 .
- The consecration of the substitute emperor and other stories. Helbing & Lichtenhahn Verlag , Basel 1986, ISBN 3-7190-0954-8
- Ordered truths. Kindler, Munich 1989, ISBN 3-463-40082-0 .
- At the edge of the crater - reports and essays from three eventful years. Ölschläger, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-88295-204-0 .
- The Streiflichtbuch (with Axel Hacke , Claus Heinrich Meyer , Rainer Stephan , Hermann Unterstöger ), Verlag Antje Kunstmann, Munich 1994, ISBN 3-88897-084-9 .
- Götterdämmerung. Siedler, Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-88680-448-8 .
- Oh, you my country. Blessing, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-89667-026-3 .
- The new Streiflichtbuch (with Axel Hacke, Claus Heinrich Meyer, Rainer Stephan, Hermann Unterstöger), Verlag Antje Kunstmann, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-88897-236-1 .
- Working in Mined Terrain - Power and Impotence of Journalism. Edited by Wolfgang R. Langenbucher. Picus Verlag, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-85452-765-9 .
- Youth madness and old age stubbornness. Blessing, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-89667-193-6 .
- Caution golfers! (with Ernst Fischer and Luis Murschetz ) Ullstein, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-548-36802-6 .
- The Daily Antidote - Reports and Essays 1972-2003. Edited by Gernot Sittner. Süddeutsche Zeitung Edition, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-86615-617-3 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Herbert Riehl-Heyse in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Peter Becker: April 28, 1945 in Altötting. (PDF) The difficult handling of our history. City of Altötting, April 28, 2005, archived from the original on June 26, 2018 ; Retrieved on November 18, 2018 (address at the commemoration of the city of Altötting on the 60th anniversary of the events of April 28, 1945).
- ↑ Mourning for journalist legend Herbert Riehl-Heyse , Spiegel Online from April 23, 2003, accessed on November 26, 2013
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Riehl-Heyse, Herbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 2, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Altötting |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 23, 2003 |
| Place of death | Eichenau |