Johannes Kunz (journalist)

Johannes Kunz (born January 2, 1947 in Vienna ) is an Austrian journalist, publicist and entrepreneur.

Live and act

From 1968 to 1973 he worked for the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation . He then became the press spokesman for Federal Chancellor Bruno Kreisky . From 1980 he was the managing director of Molden Verlag . From 1982 Johannes Kunz returned to ORF, where he was information director from 1986 to 1994; At the same time he was a board member of the Austria Press Agency and of the Concordia press club . In 1994 he ran for general director of the ORF.

In 1995 Johannes Kunz founded Vienna Entertainment GmbH , with which he founded the Salzburg Jazz Autumn in 1996 . From 2005 Johannes Kunz organized the Salzburg Jazz Autumn as managing director of the Salzburg Jazz Autumn Event GmbH . In 2013 this company had to file for bankruptcy. The planned last season in Salzburg could no longer take place. A move to Grafenegg Castle in Lower Austria was planned from 2014 . This was postponed to 2015 after the bankruptcy.

Johannes Kunz is honorary president of the Austrian Cancer Aid.

Since 1974 Kunz has published 35 books, including several on jazz and politics.

Johannes Kunz is married to Sylvia Eisenburger-Kunz for the second time, lives in Vienna and has a son.

Awards and honors

• 1978: Cruz De Oficial of the Kingdom of Spain
• 1979: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 1983: Gold Medal of Merit of the State of Vienna
• 1993: Croce Dell´ Ordine Al Merito Melitense of the Order of Malta

Publications

• I am of the opinion. Kreisky in joke and anecdote. Molden, 1982.
• Anton Benya . The views of the National Council and ÖGB President.
• Media revolution. Electronics are changing the world. Molden, 1983.
• The Kreisky era. Voices on a phenomenon. Molden, 1984.
• The (dis) illusionary society. P. Mueller, 1987.
• The Austrian joke. Ibera, 1995.
• Back To The Roots Ibera, 1996.
• Bösendorfer . A living legend. Molden, 2002.
• The bridge builder. Amalthea, 2004.
• The Vienna Opera Ball . Molden, 2006.
• Death must be a Viennese. Amalthea, 2009.
• Light and shadow - memories. Amalthea, 2014
• Frank Sinatra and his time. LangenMüller Verlag, 2015
• Ella Fitzgerald and her time. LangenMüller Verlag, 2016
• 100 Years of Austria: Politics 1918–2018 in the Mirror of Humors , Amalthea Signum, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-99050-102-3
• The media overkill . In: Thomas Hofer , Barbara Tóth (Eds.): Wahl 2017. Loser, Leaks & Leadership . ÄrzteVerlag, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-9503276-4-9 , p. 210-216 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Canceled due to bankruptcy: Salzburger Jazzherbst is history , Wiener Zeitung online from August 20, 2013. Accessed October 17, 2013.
2. ↑ Insolvency: Salzburger Jazzherbst canceled , Kurier online from August 28, 2013. Accessed October 17, 2013.

Web links

• Literature by and about Johannes Kunz in the catalog of the German National Library
• Interview with Johannes Kunz and Vita
• Ursula Mürling-Darrer: Johannes Kunz: Book "Ella Fitzgerald and their time" , Ö1 Leporello , September 5, 2016