Knud from Harbou
Knud von Harbou (born 1946 in Bremen ) is a German journalist.
Life
Knud von Harbou is one of three children of the German administrative lawyer Mogens von Harbou and Louise von Ribbeck. His father committed suicide in 1946 in the US internment camp in Dachau under pressure from his involvement in the Holocaust in occupied Poland. Knud von Harbou grew up in Munich and studied history and German.
He worked as a publisher's editor and then as a non-fiction editor in the features section of the Süddeutsche Zeitung , as well as program manager at S. Fischer Verlag . Von Harbou wrote book reviews and co-initiated the 2007 Non-fiction Book of the Month list . He took on teaching positions at various universities. Von Harbou lives in Tutzing .
2013 he published a biography of Franz Josef Schöningh , the Deputy District Chief was used in Mogens von Harbou in Poland and counted after the war in the Süddeutsche Zeitung of the founders and editors. In 2015, a historical study of the first ten years of publication of the Süddeutsche Zeitung followed.
Fonts
- Ways and astray. Franz Josef Schöningh, the co-founder of the Süddeutsche Zeitung. A biography . Munich: Allitera, 2013
- When Germany wanted to save its soul. The Süddeutsche Zeitung in the founding years after 1945 . Munich: dtv, 2015
Web links
- Literature by and about Knud von Harbou in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Knud von Harbou in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Short biography and reviews of works by Knud von Harbou at perlentaucher.de
- Knud von Harbou , at literaturkritik.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Harbou, Knud from |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bremen |