Klaus Bednarz

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Klaus Bednarz (born June 6, 1942 in Falkensee ; † April 14, 2015 in Schwerin ) was a German journalist . He became known as the foreign correspondent for ARD in Poland and the Soviet Union and as the moderator of the news magazine Monitor .

Life and work

Klaus Bednarz was born in Falkensee near Berlin ( Osthavelland district ) into a family from Ukta in Masuria . He also started school here until the family moved to Hamburg in 1955 , where he passed his Abitur in 1961. After studying theater studies , the Slavic and East European History in Hamburg , Vienna and Moscow Bednarz in 1966 after a successful dissertation on the Russian writer Anton Chekhov at Vienna University doctorate . His career aspiration was an actor .

In response to a spontaneous application, Bednarz worked as a television correspondent from 1967, among other things as the first foreign correspondent for ARD in Poland , he built the ARD studio in Warsaw (1971-1977) and moved to the Moscow ARD studio in the Soviet Union (1977 -1982). From 1982 to 1983 he moderated the topics of the day for almost a year . In December 1983 he became editor-in-chief and moderator of the investigative program Monitor in the WDR , for which he was responsible for 1,500 monitor contributions over 18 years. In 2002 he handed over the management of Monitor to Sonia Seymour Mikich . From 2002 until his retirement in 2007, Bednarz was ARD special correspondent and chief reporter for the television section of WDR. In his television reports and book publications he dealt in particular with the countries in East Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia , but also with the south of Chile and Argentina .

According to a report by the star , Bednarz was spied on by an acquaintance of the GDR's state security , especially while he was working in Eastern Europe .

Bednarz was a member of the PEN Center Germany . He died on April 14, 2015 after a serious illness in Schwerin at the age of 72. He was buried in the family grave of the Harburg New Cemetery in Hamburg-Eißendorf .

Works (selection)

Books

  • 1969: Theatrical Aspects of Drama Translation. Shown using the example of the German transmission and stage adaptation of Anton Čechov's dramas . Notring, Vienna DNB 456047131 ( dissertation at the University of Vienna 1969).
  • 1977: Poland, with Chris Niedenthal (photos). Bucher, Lucerne / Frankfurt am Main, ISBN 3-7658-0252-2 .
  • 1979: Old Moscow 1880–1920. Bucher, Lucerne / Frankfurt am Main, ISBN 3-7658-0298-0 / ISBN 3-7658-0301-4
  • 1981: Why did we shoot each other? Heinrich Böll and Lew Kopelew in conversation with Klaus Bednarz, Lamuv, Bornheim-Merten, ISBN 3-921521-29-7 ; dtv 10211, Munich 1984, ISBN 3-423-10211-5 (with contribution by Franz Burda , documentary part with the leaflets of the Soviet propaganda major Lew Kopelew).
  • 1984: Masuren, Ellert and Richter, Hamburg, ISBN 3-922294-39-1 .
  • 1985: My Moscow, Notes from the Soviet Union , Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg, ISBN 3-455-08246-7 .
  • 1989: Poland , with Peter Hirth (photos), Bucher, Luzern / Munich, ISBN 3-7658-0604-8 .
  • 1989: The new right: many diagnoses - no therapy? A DAG event on December 8, 1989 in Walsrode. Education and Travel, Hamburg, ISBN 3-927032-24-7 .
  • 1990: Moscow , with Fritz Dressler (photos) and Renate Damsch-Wiehager. Bucher, Munich, ISBN 3-7658-0668-4 .
  • 1990: Michail Gorbatschow: His life, his ideas, his visions , Ellert and Richter, Hamburg, ISBN 3-89234-220-2 .
  • 1992: Russia. A people is looking for its future , Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg, ISBN 3-455-08442-7 .
  • 1995: Far near land. Encounters in East Prussia. Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg, ISBN 3-455-11059-2 .
  • 1997: About authors and books. Conversations with writers , with Gisela Marx, Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg, ISBN 3-455-10364-2 .
  • 1998: The Ballad from Lake Baikal , Europa-Verlag, Munich / Vienna, ISBN 3-203-75504-1 .
  • 2002: East of the sun. From Lake Baikal to Alaska , Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg, ISBN 978-3-499-61656-3 .
  • 2004: At the end of the world. Journey through Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia , Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg, ISBN 978-3-499-61942-7 .
  • 2004: Top wineries in Austria , with photos by Petr Blaha and Armin Faber, edited by Katharina Többen. Umschau, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 2004, ISBN 978-3-86528-303-0 .
  • 2006: My Russia - literary forays through a wide country, Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg, ISBN 978-3-499-24113-0 .
  • 2007: The Northern Cross. Journey through Karelia , Rowohlt, Berlin, ISBN 978-3-87134-578-4 .
  • 2009: Far and near: From my life as a journalist. Reports, speeches, comments and other texts from four decades , Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg, ISBN 978-3-499-61624-2 .

DVDs

  • East of the sun: From Lake Baikal to Alaska
  • The ballad from Lake Baikal (consisting of: winter trip, summer trip, reunion)
  • At World's End: A Journey through Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2004
  • Journey through East Prussia
  • The Rockies (with Fritz Pleitgen and Gerd Ruge )
  • The Northern Cross: a journey through Karelia

Awards (selection)

Web links

Commons : Klaus Bednarz  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ARD journalist Klaus Bednarz is dead, in: Der Spiegel , April 15, 2015.
  2. ^ Der Dissident, in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , April 15, 2015.
  3. ↑ a b Pinar Atalay : ARD Tagesthemen from April 15, 2015 , minute 8:45 pm (obituary Klaus Bednarz).
  4. ↑ a b Quiet and argumentative , Süddeutsche Zeitung, April 15, 2015.
  5. ↑ One of the most important television journalists, in: Süddeutsche Zeitung , April 15, 2015.
  6. ↑ a b mourning for Klaus Bednarz. WDR director Buhrow: "One of the most important television journalists", WDR, April 15, 2015.
  7. ^ Politically , of course, Der Spiegel, April 15, 2015.
  8. ↑ Stasi spied on Klaus Bednarz, ( Memento of the original from April 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in: Stern , May 8, 2007. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stern.de
  9. ↑ WDR aktuell, April 15, 2015.
  10. ↑ knerger.de: The grave of Klaus Bednarz
personal data
SURNAME Bednarz, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and moderator
DATE OF BIRTH June 6, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Falkensee
DATE OF DEATH April 14, 2015
Place of death Schwerin