Johannes Zeilinger
Johannes Zeilinger (* 1948 in Wolfratshausen ) is a German sports medicine specialist and author . Since October 13, 2007, he has been chairman of the Karl May Society , one of the German literary societies with the largest number of members .
Zeilinger studied medicine at the Universities of Würzburg and Berlin until 1975 . Since 1983 he has been practicing in a joint sports medicine practice in Berlin.
As an author, he mainly publishes on Karl May (1842–1912), who is still the German writer with the highest circulation. In 1999 he caused a sensation with his thesis that Karl May did not suffer from blindness in his early youth .
Publications
- Lya de Putti : a forgotten life . Karolinger Verlag : Wien 1991.
- Cyprus - Orient and Occident: a reader . Matthes & Seitz : Munich 1997.
- Author in fabula: Karl May's psychopathology and the importance of medicine in his oriental cycle . Hansa Verlag: Husum 2001.
- Karl Mays' In the Land of the Mahdi . with Alfred Biedermann, Eckehard Koch and Helmut Lieblang. Igel Published by Hamburg 2003.
- Karl May in Berlin: a search for clues . Publisher, Verlag der Nation : Berlin 2007.
- Karl May: Imaginary journeys . with Sabine Beneke, Druckverl. Kettler: Bönen 2007.
- On fragile ice: Frederick A. Cook and the conquest of the North Pole . Matthes & Seitz Berlin : Berlin 2009.
- A dreaming corpse. B. Traven in the jungle of psychopathy . Verbrecher Verlag : Berlin 2011.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Karl May's early childhood blindness - a legend? In: KMG Yearbook (2000), pp. 179–194.
literature
- Claus Roxin , Helmut Schmiedt , Reinhold Wolff and Hans Wollschläger (eds.): Yearbook of the Karl May Society 2000. Hansa Verlag, Husum 2000, ISBN 3-920421-80-9 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zeilinger, Johannes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sports medicine specialist and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wolfratshausen |