Martin Benninghoff

Martin Benninghoff (born August 28, 1979 in Bonn ) is a German author, journalist for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and musician.

Career

Benninghoff grew up in Swisttal- Heimerzheim in the Rhineland . He first wrote for the Bonner Rundschau , before studying political science and economics at the University of Cologne . While studying, he attended the journalism school in Cologne from 2001 , which he graduated in 2005. In 2005 he founded the rock band THE SMU , with whom he toured China several times between 2007 and 2011, including during the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. From 2007 he worked for Lale Akgün , member of the Bundestag , with whom he published the book “Aufstand der Kopftuchmädchen” in 2011. In 2009 he moved to the political department of the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger , in 2012 he went to Hamburg as an editor for the now discontinued Financial Times Deutschland . From 2014 to 2015 he worked in Berlin as an editor of the political talk show Günther Jauch (TV show) before joining the editorial team of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in 2016 . At FAZ.net , he is responsible for news management as the service editor and writes primarily on foreign and domestic politics as well as columnist topics. China and the Korean Peninsula are two particular areas of interest.

Benninghoff is married and has one son (* 2016). The family lives in Oberursel (Taunus) near Frankfurt.

Works (selection)

• The player. How Kim Jong-un keeps the world in suspense. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2019, ISBN 978-3-608-98179-7 .
• Uprising of the headscarf girls (with Lale Akgün and Beyza Bilgin). Piper, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-492-95149-4 .

Discography

With THE SMU:

• Stars (2011)
• DiscoRock (2006)

With The Crack of Doom:

• Washed out moon (2006)
• Identity 1996-2006
• A night like this (single, 2001)

With airis:

• I'm only a prophet (2000)

Reviews

"The player. How Kim Jong-un keeps the world in suspense "

“A clever book well worth reading about a country whose nuclear program is provoking one of the most dangerous conflicts in the world. Martin Benninghoff thus provides a convincing impetus to deal more intensively with North Korea in Germany too - because the country and the nuclear conflict are much closer than we would like. ” Wolfgang Ischinger

“Martin Benninghoff describes, in a way that is as astute as it is entertaining, a country that is a mystery to most of us because of its practically complete isolation. It is all the more attractive and necessary for our understanding that the author allows us to take part in his insight behind the scenes of North Korea. With a special focus on the ruler Kim Jong-un, Benninghoff tells of a North Korea in which human fates and contradictions find their place. For him, Kim is by no means the crazy rocket man, but a strategic player who uses great skill to drag the diplomatic game into infinity. With unexpected luck in the person of American President Donald Trump and so far with success - Kim is still a long way from a 'game over'. ” Norbert Röttgen

“An exciting and informative 'political travel guide' for the most isolated country in the world - clearly analyzed and vividly described.” Alexander Graf Lambsdorff

Web links

• Author page at faz.de
• Martin Benninghoff's private homepage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Specimen copy DNB 1192291964 at the German National Library .