Jana Simon
Jana Simon (born November 3, 1972 in Potsdam ) is a German writer and journalist .
Live and act
Jana Simon grew up in the GDR in Berlin , studied Italian in Italy , Eastern European studies, political science and journalism in Berlin and London . She is a granddaughter of the author Christa Wolf . Since 1997 she has also worked as a freelance journalist for taz , Berliner Zeitung and Tagesspiegel . From 1998 to 2004 she was a reporter for the Tagesspiegel in Berlin. She has been the author of the weekly newspaper Die Zeit in Berlin since 2004 . But Simon also writes for other magazines.
On October 1st, 2013 Jana Simon published the book Be Undaunted . It contains conversations that she had with her grandparents Christa and Gerhard Wolf since 1998 . For more than ten years she asked the two of them about issues in life: friendship, love, emancipation. Topics are also National Socialism, the GDR and their life in reunified Germany . After the death of the writer Christa Wolf in December 2011, Jana Simon and Gerhard Wolf met again for a conversation. A report by Simon provided the template for the ARD film Neufeld, come with me! .
Jana Simon lives with her family in Berlin.
Awards
- 2000: Alexander Rhomberg Prize for young journalists
- 2001: Theodor Wolff Prize
- 2001: Axel Springer Prize for young journalists
- 2015: German Reporter Award, category “Best Reportage”, for The Boy Who Went to War , published in Die Zeit
- 2018: German Reporter Award, "Investigation" category for Im Zwielicht
Fonts
Author
- Essays
- in: Renate Rechtien (Ed.): Twenty years on. Competing memories of the GDR in postunification German culture. Camden House, Rochester NY 2011, ISBN 978-1-57113-503-2 .
- in: Stefan Willeke (Ed.): Around the world in 81 days. On the trail of globalization. Berliner Taschenbuch Verlag, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-8333-0460-6 .
- Media Prize for Language Culture and Alexander Rhomberg Prize 2000. In: The Language Service . Vol. 44 (2000), Issue 3/4, pp. 97-123, ISSN 0038-8459 .
- Monographs
- Because we are different. History of the Felix S. Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek 2002, ISBN 3-87134-439-7 .
- Everyday chasms. The strange in our vicinity. Reports and portraits. Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-86153-319-7 .
- Nevertheless, do not hesitate. Conversations with my grandparents Christa and Gerhard Wolf. Ullstein, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-550-08040-1 .
- That exploded me. People between abyss and new beginnings Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-86153-793-9 .
- Under pressure: how Germany is changing . Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer, 2019
Editor
- with Frank Rothe and Wiete Andrasch: Book of Differences. Why the unit is not. Construction Verlag, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-351-02506-8 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Jana Simon in the catalog of the German National Library
- Jana Simon in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Short biography and reviews of works by Jana Simon at perlentaucher.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Osel: Outlook positive, end disconcerting. Süddeutsche Zeitung , April 2, 2014, accessed on September 4, 2016 .
- ↑ Reporter Forum: 2015. Accessed February 17, 2020 .
- ↑ From Ronan Farrow to SPIEGEL - these are the winners. Spiegel Online, December 4, 2018, accessed on the same day.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Simon, Jana |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer, journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd November 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Potsdam |