Marec Béla Steffens

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Marec Béla Steffens (born July 23, 1964 in Hamburg ) is a German economist , manager , author and librettist .

Life

Marec Béla Steffens' parents are the composer Walter Steffens and the singer Mechthild Steffens geb. Floor. After graduating from the Wilhelm-Gymnasium in Hamburg in 1982, Steffens studied economics and modern German literature at the Philipps University of Marburg and from 1984 to 1987 economics at the University of Hamburg with a degree in economics . In 1988/89 he was a research assistant at the private Nordic University of Flensburg at the chair of Harry Maier . In Flensburg he also did his community service in the cafeteria . He then received a one-year DAAD research grant from the Institute for World Economy of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences . There he collected material for his dissertation on the American philosopher John Rawls . He completed his doctorate in 1992 at the University of Hamburg. For his doctoral thesis he received the German Society for East European Studies .

From 1991 onwards, Steffens worked for the Siemens Group, until 2004 in the Public Communication Networks division, later mainly in the Oil & Gas Division. He was commercial director of Siemens Telefongyár (1998–2000) and Siemens Hungary (2007–2011), both in Budapest , and worked for several years in Shanghai , Warsaw and Houston . In 2018 he switched to Bilfinger and until 2020 managed the subsidiary Babcock Borsig Service Arabia Ltd. in Saudi Arabia .

Steffens writes fairy tale books with sometimes absurd features, in which animals and everyday objects often play the main role. They are aimed primarily at adults, but also at children. All books are illustrated by his wife Krystyna Steffens, who comes from Warsaw. He is represented in a number of anthologies , including a. in the commemorative publication for Herbert Rosendorfer's 70th birthday .

Steffens also works as a librettist for German and American composers.

Publications

dissertation
  • John Rawls' Difference Principle. Its acceptance and its practical applicability using the example of Hungary , Peter Lang , Frankfurt / M. etc. 1993 (= Europäische Hochschulschriften , Series 5: Volks- und Betriebswirtschaft , Vol. 1410) (plus dissertation, University of Hamburg, 1992), ISBN 978-3-631-45866-2 .
monograph
  • (together with Harry Maier): Information and communication technology as a field of cooperation between East and West. Science and Politics Foundation, Research Institute for International Politics and Security, Ebenhausen 1990.
Fairy tale books
  • The cat tells fairy tales. For children and adults , Rita G. Fischer , Frankfurt / M. 2000, 2nd edition 2006, ISBN 3-89501-940-2 ; Excerpts from this book in Hungarian under the title: De a zsiráf nagyon akart úszni , BoD 2018, ISBN 1-54484185-X .
  • The Venice tram conductor. More fairy tales from the hangover for children and adults , Geest-Verlag , Vechta 2001, 2nd edition 2003, ISBN 3-934852-55-6 ; Excerpts from this book in Hungarian under the title: De a zsiráf nagyon akart úszni , BoD 2018, ISBN 1-54484185-X .
  • The world of letters. The third book of the hangover that tells fairy tales , Geest-Verlag, Vechta 2004, ISBN 3-936389-89-6 .
  • The Dublin postage stamp and the Prague tombstone. The fourth book of the hangover that tells fairy tales , Geest-Verlag, Vechta 2006, ISBN 978-3-86685-020-0 .
  • The predator thyme. Memories from his life. Recorded by the tomcat who tells fairy tales, in his fifth book , Geest-Verlag, Vechta 2010, ISBN 978-3-86685-273-0 .
  • Thyme in Texas. A real robber discovers the New World. A moral painting, portrayed by the tomcat who tells fairy tales, in his sixth book , Geest-Verlag, Vechta 2017, ISBN 978-3-86685-601-1 ; English under the title: Thyme Will Tell. The Adventures of an Old-School European Highwayman in Houston, Texas. A True Account Recorded by the Tomcat Who Tells Fairy-Tales in His Sixth Book (the First One in English) , BoD 2017, ISBN 1-53918659-8 .
Libretti

literature

  • Kürschner's German Literature Calendar 2016/17. 70th year. Vol. 2: P-Z. Attachments. De Gruyter, Berlin / Boston 2016, ISBN 978-3-11-045398-0 , p. 970.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Marec Béla Steffens: Investment Financing at the Hungarian Post Office - The Telephone Example. In: Southeast Europe . Zeitschrift für Gegenwartsforschung 36 (1987), pp. 126-142; ders .: Organizational Structure and Investment Financing at the Hungarian Post. The Telephone Case. In: András Rába / Karl-Ernst Schenk (Eds.): Investment System and Foreign Trade Implications in Hungary. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart / New York 1987, pp. 99–129.
  2. ↑ DGO sponsorship award 1993.
  3. ^ Marec Béla Steffens: The telephone in the socialist countries. In: Ulrich Lange and Klaus Beck : Telephone and Society. Vol. 2: International comparison, language and telephone, telephone counseling and counseling services, telephone interviews. Spiess, Berlin 1990, pp. 199-213.
  4. ↑ Marec Béla Steffens: “You need more than luck in Shanghai” - temporary experiences of a Chinese. In: Karin Dietz / Magdalena Harnischfeger-Ksoll (eds.): Experiences in the China business. Success factors, perspectives and food for thought. Gabler, Wiesbaden 1998, pp. 175-189; ders .: Whoever shows weakness has already lost. In: Die Zeit , No. 35 of August 23, 1996.
  5. ^ Marec Béla Steffens: Lessons from a Merger in Poland. In: Journal for East European Management Studies 8 (2003), pp. 194–210; otherwise: prejudices, expectations and successes. Intercultural influences when working in Central and Eastern Europe. An experience report. In: Osteuropa-Wirtschaft 48 (2003), pp. 1–12.
  6. ↑ In it, Steffens continues Rosendorf's story Bénédiction de Dieu dans la Solitude with Der Gegenbesuch ; Südtiroler Künstlerbund (Ed.): False Truths ( Memento of the original from November 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Festschrift on the occasion of Herbert Rosendorfer's 70th birthday , editor: Florian Sonneck, Athesia, Bozen 2004, ISBN 88-8266-288-8 , pp. 275-280. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kuenstlerbund.org
  7. ^ Website of the social organization "Granaderos y Damas de Gálvez", Houston.
personal data
SURNAME Steffens, Marec Béla
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German economist, manager, librettist and author
DATE OF BIRTH July 23, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg