Martin A. Klaus

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Martin A. Klaus (* 1938 in Bernau am Chiemsee ) is a German journalist and writer .

Life

After studying communication science in Munich, Klaus began his work as an editor at the Süddeutsche Zeitung , for which he headed the local editorial office in Dachau for 18 years .

During this time he dealt intensively with local figures such as the robber Mathias Kneißl and the writer Ludwig Thoma . He wrote biographies about both of them, and he gained national fame with his book Ludwig Thoma - a fictional life that deals intensively with the traces of Thomas's real fate in his works. In addition, Klaus also wrote hiking books and two plays (in Bavarian ).

Works

  • 2008: The Mathias Kneissl case , Munich: Süddeutsche Zeitung, ISBN 978-3-76615-695-1
  • 2008: Jennerwein and the beautiful Toni: 16 hikes in the footsteps of Bavarian game shooters and hunters , Munich: Süddeutsche Zeitung, ISBN 978-3-86615-626-5
  • 2013: Out and about in the Bavarian Forest: 16 family hikes to fascinating natural sites , Munich: Süddeutsche Zeitung, ISBN 978-3-86497-100-6
  • 2016: Ludwig Thoma: A fictitious life , Munich: dtv, ISBN 978-3-423-43075-3

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Short biography at dtv
  2. ↑ Reviews in the Bavarian Radio , in the Badische Zeitung , the Jüdischen Allgemeine and at literaturkritik.de
personal data
SURNAME Klaus, Martin A.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Bernau am Chiemsee