John Cornwell
John Cornwell (* 1940 in London ) is an English journalist and book author. He is the brother of John le Carré .
life and work
After completing his studies at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, the London Sunday newspaper The Observer entrusted Cornwell with the management of its foreign editorial office.
He is the author of several books, including a biography of the English romantic Samuel Taylor Coleridge . In the German-speaking world, he was by his 1989 published book Like a thief in the night known, in which he compared conspiracy theories about the death of Pope John Paul I turned. His work on Pope Pius XII also attracted attention . , in which he, as the English title "Hitler's Pope" makes clear, Pius XII. referred to as "Hitler's Pope".
Cornwell also wrote several replies from a Christian point of view to Richard Dawkins .
Honors
- 1984 - Golden Dagger Award from the British Crime Writers Association
Publications (selection)
- Coleridge, Poet and Revolutionary (1772-1804). A Critical Biography . Lane, London 1973, ISBN 0-7139-0461-5 .
- Research for the leader. German scientists and the Second World War . Bastei-Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2006. ISBN 3-404-64214-7 .
- Powers of light and darkness. Occult Phenomena in Christianity, Mysteries or Manipulation? Heyne, Munich 1996. ISBN 3-453-11765-4 .
- Pius XII. - The Pope who was silent . Ullstein, Munich 2001. ISBN 3-548-60087-5 .
- Like a thief in the night. The death of Pope Johannes Paul I. Paul Zsolnay Verlag, Vienna 1989. ISBN 3-552-04111-7 .
- The confession. A dark story (Original: The Dark Box. A Secret History of Confession , 2014) Berlin Verlag, Berlin 2014. ISBN 3-827-01155-8 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ The work did not go unchallenged. See e.g. B. Frank Ager: Hochhuth's old hats. A sensation that is not a sensation: The revelations that author Cornwell promises his readers are long known or have not been proven assumptions. In: Rheinischer Merkur No. 41/1999; Heinz Hürten: Pius XII. - Hitler's Pope? In: Voices of the Time 218 (2000), pp. 205–208; Karl J. Hummel: Exaggerated charge. Comments on the new discussion about Pius XII. In: Herder-Korrespondenz 54 (2000), pp. 129-135; Rainer Decker: Review of Co rnwell, John: Pius XII. The Pope who was silent. Munich 1999. In: H-Soz-Kult, February 22, 2000 .
- ^ Salley Vickers: Darwin's Angel: An Angelic Response to the God Delusion. The Times , September 1, 2007
- ^ John Cornwell: The importance of doubt. The Guardian , Aug. 30, 2007
Web links
- Literature by and about John Cornwell in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cornwell, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English journalist and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |