Jens Mühling
Jens Mühling (* 1976 in Siegen ) is a German writer and journalist .
Life
Mühling studied literature in Berlin and Norwich , England, among others with WG Sebald . He worked for the Moscow German newspaper in Russia for two years before becoming editor of the Berliner Tagesspiegel . His reports and essays have received several awards.
As a travel writer, Mühling primarily writes about Eastern Europe. His first book "My Russian Adventure" (published in English under the title "A Journey into Russia") was nominated for the Dolman Travel Book of the Year Award in Great Britain. This was followed by the report book “Black Earth - A Journey through Ukraine”. With “Berlin - Walks through all 96 districts”, Mühling portrayed the lesser known corners of his hometown. For “Heavy Seas - A Journey Around the Black Sea” he circled the coast of the Black Sea for a year .
Books
- My Russian adventure . Dumont Buchverlag, Cologne 2012 ( A Journey into Russia . Haus Publishing, London 2014)
- Black earth. A trip through Ukraine . Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek 2016 ( Black Earth. A Journey through Ukraine . Haus Publishing, London 2019)
- Berlin. Walks through all 96 districts . Rowohlt Verlag, Hamburg 2019
- Heavy seas. A trip around the Black Sea . Rowohlt Verlag, Hamburg 2020
Awards
- 2007 Reportage Award of the Network for Eastern Europe Reporting (Winner)
- 2008 Axel Springer Prize for young journalists ("Outstanding Achievement" category)
- 2008 Peter Boenisch Memorial Prize of the Petersburg Dialogue
- 2008 China Scholarship from the International Journalism Programs (IJP)
- 2010 research grant from the Confessional Press Association
- 2012 China Scholarship from the International Journalism Programs (IJP)
- 2015 Cross-border commuter scholarship from the Robert Bosch Foundation
- 2016 Dolman Travel Book of the Year Award (shortlist)
- 2017 research grant from the Foundation for German-Polish Cooperation
- 2018 Reportage Award of the Network for Eastern Europe Reporting (nominated)
- 2020 Hansel Mieth Prize from the Zeitenspiegel reportage agency ("Ten best" category)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography of the author on the website of the Dumont travel publisher
- ↑ The author's biography on the Rowohlt Verlag website
- ^ Dolman Stanford Travel Book of the Year Award, Shortlist 2016
- ↑ "A Journey into Russia" on the website of the London publisher Haus Publishing
- ↑ Hansel Mieth Prize 2020
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mühling, Jens |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wins |