Johannes Willms

Johannes Willms (born May 25, 1948 in Würzburg ) is a German historian and publicist .

Life

Johannes Willms grew up in Karlsruhe . His father Günther Willms was a judge at the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe. After graduating from Bismarck-Gymnasium Karlsruhe , he studied classical philology , history , art history and political science in Vienna , Seville and at the University of Heidelberg . In 1975 he did his doctorate with Reinhart Koselleck in Heidelberg. He then worked as a journalist , first for the Hessischer Rundfunk , from 1978 for the ZDF , where he was editor-in-chief of aspekte magazine from 1988 to 1992 and designed the television program Das Literarisches Quartett . Then he was 1993-2000 literary editor of the Süddeutsche Zeitung , until he as their France - correspondent to Paris went where he still lives. In 2009 he received the Prix ​​de l'Académie de Berlin .

In addition to his journalistic work, Willms has emerged with several historical publications that are scientifically sound and yet appeal to a broad audience in terms of content and style. The focus of his work is the history of France.

Publications

As an author

• The policy of the officiers royaux on the Etats Généraux 1576–1614 . Dissertation Heidelberg 1975.
• Nationalism without a nation. German history from 1789 to 1914 . Claassen, Düsseldorf 1983, ISBN 3-546-49695-7 ; Fischer Taschenbuch, Frankfurt am Main 1985, ISBN 3-596-24350-5 .
• Paris. Capital of Europe 1789–1914 . CH Beck, Munich 1988, ISBN 3-406-33387-7 .
  • Paris. Capital of Europe 1800–1914 . CH Beck, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-406-42170-9 (new edition shortened by the first chapter).
• Bismarck - demon of the Germans. Notes on a legend . Kindler, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-463-40296-3 .
  • Bismarck - demon of the Germans. Notes on a legend . DTV, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-423-34838-6 (new edition with a foreword).
• Napoleon. Exile and transfiguration . Droemer, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-426-27210-5 .
• The German disease. A brief history of the present . Hanser, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-446-20078-9 .
• Instructions for use for France . Piper, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-492-27544-3 .
• Napoleon. A biography . CH Beck, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-406-52956-9 ; Pantheon, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-570-55029-8 .
• Balzac. A biography . Diogenes, Zurich 2007, ISBN 978-3-257-06624-1 .
• St. Helena. Small island, great delusion . Mare, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-86648-060-5 .
• Napoleon III France's last emperor . CH Beck, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-406-57151-0 .
• France (= The Germans and their neighbors. Volume 6). CH Beck, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-406-57853-3 .
• Stendhal. Biography . Hanser, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-446-23419-2 .
• Talleyrand. Virtuoso of Power 1754-1838 . CH Beck, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-406-62145-1 .
• Virtue and terror. History of the French Revolution . CH Beck, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-406-66936-1 .
• Waterloo. Napoleon's last battle . CH Beck, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-406-67659-8 .
• Mirabeau or The Dawn of the Revolution. A biography. CH Beck, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-406-70498-7 .
• General Charles de Gaulle and his century. Biography. CH Beck, Munich 2019, ISBN 978-3-406-74130-2 .

As editor

• Freedom or capitalism. Ulrich Beck in conversation with Johannes Willms . Suhrkamp Taschenbuch, Frankfurt am Main 2000, ISBN 3-518-41206-X
• Julie de Lespinasse : Letters of a Passion 1773–1776 . Beck, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-406-42336-1

literature

• Claudius Seidl : The good newspaper years that you know. It is precisely the lack of seriousness that comes from profound education. To the journalist and historian Johannes Willms for the 70th, in: FAZ, May 25, 2018, p. 11.

Web links

• Literature by and about Johannes Willms in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works by and about Johannes Willms  in the German Digital Library
• Short biography and reviews of works by Johannes Willms at perlentaucher.de
• Website by Johannes Willms

Remarks

1. ↑ Mentioned in Willms' performance in the Swiss TV program Literaturclub on June 29, 2010.