Joachim Berger

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Joachim Berger (* 1948 in Duisburg ) is a German writer.

Life

Joachim Berger was born in Duisburg and after graduating from high school, moved to Berlin , where he sought contact with the student movement of the 1960s and 1970s. After studying German and history , he wrote non-fiction and travel books as a freelance writer, particularly on the history of Berlin and Brandenburg . His books on the history and life of the Berlin district of Kreuzberg became popular . Berger also worked as a columnist and essayist for German newspapers.

Berger lives and works in Berlin. On the building known as the Künstlerhaus at Memlingstrasse 16/17 in Berlin-Steglitz , where he lived for many years, an official memorial plaque was placed in 1985 in honor of his writing. Berger deals privately and as a writer with Buddhism , is a vegetarian and campaigns for animal rights .

Works (selection)

  • Joachim Berger (text), Christoph Lang (photos): Kreuzberger Wanderbuch. Paths to unruly Berlin . Goebel Verlag, Berlin 1984, ISBN 3-924591-01-6
  • Joachim Berger: Berlin liberal and rebellious. City-Read-Wander-Book . Goebel, Berlin 1986, ISBN 3-924591-02-4
  • Joachim Berger (text), Christoph Lang (photos), Melanie Seipoldy (drawings), Wulf Alex (map sketches): Wendland's hiking book. Dreamy paths between the heath and the Elbe . Busse Verlag, Herford, 1982, ISBN 3-87120-811-6
  • Joachim Berger (text), Grit Ott (women's chapter): Mark Brandenburg liberal & rebellious (north and east): Reading and hiking book. Goebel Verlag, Berlin 1993, ISBN 3-924591-07-5

Literature about Joachim Berger

  • Barbara Lang: The Myth of Kreuzberg. Ethnography of a district 1961–1995. 1996.
  • Dennis Beyer: The monument value of illegality - street art as a visual culture of remembrance. 2012.
  • Berlin - The Symphony Continues: Orchestrating Architectural, Social, and Artistic Change in Germany's new capital. 2004

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.lovelybooks.de/autor/Joachim-Berger/
  2. ↑ Barbara Lang: Myth of Kreuzberg. Ethnography of a district 1961–1995. 1996, page 143
  3. ↑ Dennis Beyer: The monument value of illegality - street art as a visual culture of remembrance. 2012, page 47
  4. ↑ http://www.tierrechte-tv.de/Vorschau/Rueckblick-1/rueckblick-1.html (July 14, 2020)
  5. ^ Berlin - The Symphony Continues: Orchestrating Architectural, Social, and Artistic Change in Germany's new capital. 2004. page 45.
personal data
SURNAME Berger, Joachim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Duisburg