Klaus Waller

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Klaus Waller

Klaus Waller (born May 28, 1946 in Düsseldorf ) is a German journalist and book author.

Life

Klaus Waller began his professional career at Sport-Informations-Dienst (SID) in Düsseldorf. He worked a total of ten years as a sports journalist and reported a. a. from the Olympic Games in Grenoble and Mexico City in 1968 and in Sapporo and Munich in 1972 . Since 1971 he was (as a "permanent freelancer") head of the sports department of the party newspaper Our Time (UZ) as well as a freelance worker for the SID. After breaking away from the DKP, he worked as a specialist editor for the book industry at the BuchMarkt magazine . From 1983, Waller was responsible for the pocket book series rororo tomate at Rowohlt Verlag as a freelance editor and editor for twelve years , in which around 180 titles were published. The most successful author in the series was Elke Heidenreich , who published her first books with Waller and for years topped the paperback bestseller list with the Else Stratmann volumes.

As a book author, Waller himself has published 16 non-fiction books , including a. at publishers such as Eichborn , W. Heyne , Kreuz , mvg . With photography and newspaper. In 1984 he wrote about everyday manipulation , a study on the use of photographs in the daily press, which was also highly praised and widely cited by Gisèle Freund . Together with Volker Herres , Waller wrote a biography of then Chancellor candidate Gerhard Schröder at Econ in 1998 . With his worldwide first biography about the operetta composer Paul Abraham (2014) he contributed to the beginning renaissance of his works. The framework for the productions of the operetta Die Blume von Hawaii in the Dortmund Opera (2016/2017 season) and the Lehár Festival 2018 in Bad Ischl as well as the play "Abraham" (also: "Paul Abraham - Operettenkönig von Berlin ") by Dirk Heidicke.

Klaus Waller also wrote TV scripts and advertising copy . He was also the (co-) owner of various small businesses such as the publishers Edition Cartoon Galerie and Zollhaus Verlag, the press service Waller & Hanisch and an antiquarian bookshop . Klaus Waller completed a teaching degree in Essen (secondary level I, history and art) and is a brother of the painter Prof. Jürgen Waller (Bremen).

Waller lives in Witten / Ruhr.

Books (selection)

Monographs

  • Sport-Profit-Politik (together with Henner Michels). VMB, Frankfurt 1974, ISBN 3-88012-293-8 .
  • Photography and newspaper. The everyday manipulation. Zollhaus, Düsseldorf 1982, ISBN 3-923328-00-1 .
  • Click! Photography between enlightenment and manipulation. Beltz, Weinheim 1984, ISBN 3-407-84029-2 .
  • Düsseldorf viewed serenely. (together with Wolf Alexander Hanisch), Tomus, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-8231-0565-5 .
  • Falk "on tour": Düsseldorf. Falk Verlag, Hamburg 1996, ISBN 3-8279-0549-4 .
  • Lexicon of Classical Errors. 333 Misjudgments, delusions and stupidity by famous and less famous people. Eichborn, Frankfurt 1999, ISBN 3-8218-1448-9 .
  • Lexicon of Classical Errors. Where Einstein, the Catholic Church and others were totally wrong. Piper, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-492-23278-7 .
  • Lexicon van historical forget. Van Adam & Eve dead zeppelin. Prometheus, Amsterdam 2001 ISBN 90-5333-945-0 .
  • Lexicon of Classical Errors, Korean translation. Hainam Publishing, Korea 2001, ISBN 89-7337-351-X .
  • Greed in white. How black sheep discredit an entire profession. W. Heyne, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-453-13199-1 .
  • Clever bluffing in bookshops. 57 pages, Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt 1998, ISBN 3-596-99142-0 .
  • Gerhard Schröder. The way up. (together with Volker Herres ), Munich 1998, ISBN 3-430-17584-4 .
  • Gerhard Schröder. The way to Berlin. (together with Volker Herres ), Econ & List Taschenbuchverlag, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-612-26611-X .
  • Anyone Can Do It! How people coped with their life crises. Kreuz, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-7831-1908-1 .
  • From respect to moral courage. Lexicon of values ​​and virtues. Kreuz, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-7831-2151-5 .
  • Decide decidedly better. This will sharpen your judgment and be sure of your cause. (together with Dr. Dieter Welti), mvg, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-478-73090-2 .
  • Selling books successfully on the Internet. (together with Sarah Schönfelder), Authors' House, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-86671-029-0 .
  • Paul Abraham. The tragic king of the operetta. A biography. Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2014, ISBN 978-3-7357-6311-2 .
  • Paul Abraham. The tragic king of the operetta. A biography. Second, revised edition. Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2017, ISBN 978-3-7431-4328-9 .

Cooperation

  • Hape Kerkeling : Cheese. The official companion band for the TV series on RTL. Overall management of content production at Klaus Waller, who also developed all book-specific gags. Droemer Knaur, Munich 1994, ISBN 3-426-26695-4 .
  • Günter Scheich: Positive thinking makes you sick. About dizziness with dangerous promises of success. Writing assistance from Klaus Waller. Eichborn, Frankfurt 1997, ISBN 3-8218-0504-8 .

Editor (anthologies)

  • The book of silence. Thoughts and images to reflect. Bertelsmann Club, Gütersloh 1992.
  • The book of confidence. Thoughts and images that accompany the day. Bertelsmann Club, Gütersloh 1994.
  • The great book of childhood. Bertelsmann Club, Gütersloh 1990.
  • The great book of childhood. W. Heyne, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-453-06393-7 .
  • The big book of animal stories. Bertelsmann Club, Gütersloh 1991.
  • The big book of laughter. Bertelsmann Club, Gütersloh 1988.
  • The big book of laughter. Wunderlich, Reinbek 1994, ISBN 3-8052-0488-4 .
  • The big book of laughter. (abridged edition), Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Reinbek 1995, ISBN 3-499-13583-3 .
  • The cheerful book of love. Bertelsmann Club, Gütersloh 1988.
  • The cheerful book of love. W. Heyne, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-453-03692-1 .
  • The reading book of pleasure. (under the name Joseph Pilger), W. Heyne, Munich, ISBN 3-453-04871-7 .
  • The truth about the Ossis. (Cartoons), Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Reinbek 1993, ISBN 3-499-12994-9 .
  • Düsseldorf in a cartoon. Edition Cartoon Galerie im Erb Verlag, Düsseldorf 1987, ISBN 3-88458-759-5 .
  • We are so free ... (Cartoons), Edition Cartoon Galerie im Erb Verlag, Düsseldorf 1990, ISBN 3-88458-758-7 .
  • Cheerful Europe. (together with Jan Cornelius ), Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Reinbek 1992, ISBN 3-499-12864-0 .
  • Ketchup. Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Reinbek 1991, ISBN 3-499-12353-3 .
  • Laughing book for office workers. (together with Wolf Alexander Hanisch ), W. Heyne, Munich 1994, ISBN 3-453-07596-X .
  • Laughing book for computer freaks. (together with Wolf Alexander Hanisch ), W. Heyne, Munich 1994, ISBN 3-453-07555-2 .
  • Laughing book for students. (together with Wolf Alexander Hanisch ), W. Heyne, Munich 1994 and 2002, ISBN 3-453-07508-0 .
  • Oh, that's weird! Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Reinbek 1985, ISBN 3-499-15728-4 .
  • Oh, it's red again! Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Reinbek 1985, ISBN 3-499-15727-6 .
  • Oh, fool! Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Reinbek 1985, ISBN 3-499-15730-6 .
  • Rowohlt Schmunzel reading book. Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Reinbek 1999, ISBN 3-499-13105-6 .
  • ... does not let the mousing. (Cartoons), Zinnober Verlag, Hamburg 1992, ISBN 3-89315-037-4 .
  • When the queen with the king. (Cartoons), Zinnober, Hamburg 1993, ISBN 3-89315-035-8 .
  • One bit says another ... (Cartoons), Zinnober, Hamburg 1994, ISBN 3-89315-025-0 .

Scripts

  • Hello Uncle Doc! , Series on SAT1 , episodes: Farewell , seconds of horror , intrigues around Hilde (all 1995)
  • A father under suspicion , TV feature film on SAT1 - screenplay with Sylvia Ullrich (1997)

Internet

receipt

  1. ↑ See the author's homepage, section "Life"
  2. ↑ See letter from Gisèle Freund to Klaus Waller, published on the author's homepage

literature

  • Kürschner's German Non-Fiction Calendar 2001/2002, Munich 2002

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Waller, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and book author
DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf