Martin Meyer (publicist)
Martin Meyer (born October 4, 1951 in Zurich ) is a Swiss journalist , publicist , essayist and book author. From 1992 to 2015 he was the feature editor of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung .
Life
Martin Meyer studied in Zurich literature , philosophy and history and graduated in 1976 with the promotion of Dr. phil. from. In 1974 he became an editor in the features section of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung , and in 1992 he became Hanno Helbling's successor as head of the department. In addition to his journalistic work, Martin Meyer has published several books as an author and editor, including a. an extensive monograph on Ernst Jünger (1990), a volume of Conversations with Alfred Brendel (2001) and a portrait of Albert Camus (2013). Since 1998 he has been a member of the German Academy for Language and Poetry in Darmstadt . From 1992 to the end of 2015 he was the head of the arts section of the NZZ, his successor is the philosopher René Scheu . He was married to the publicist Ursula Pia Jauch until 2010 .
Book publications
author
- Idealism and political romanticism: Studies on the historical-philosophical thinking of the modern age , 1978.
- Ernst Jünger , 1990.
- End of the story? , 1993.
- Diary and late grief. About Thomas Mann , 1999.
- Alfred Brendel: I of all people. Conversations with Martin Meyer , 2001.
- War of Values , 2003.
- Beethoven's piano sonatas and their interpretation - «Finding the language for every note ...» - András Schiff in conversation with Martin Meyer , 2007.
- Piranesi's Future: Essays on Literature and Art , 2009.
- Albert Camus - Living Freedom . Hanser, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-446-24353-8 .
- Just yesterday . Hanser, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-446-25843-3 .
- Corona . Kein & Aber , Zurich 2020, ISBN 978-3-0369-5837-8 , 208 pages.
editor
- Philosophy in Switzerland : an inventory , 1981
- Where we stand: 30 articles on the culture of modernity , 1987
- Translating , 1990
- Intellectual dawn? , 1991
- The consequences of 1989 (with Georg Kohler ), 1995
- Culture as an obligation , 1996
- Switzerland, for Europe? (with Georg Kohler), 1999
- What is Swiss? 34 Views of a Country , 2009
- Strategies in politics, business and science , 2011
- Future of Europe , 2012
Awards
- 2004: Prix européen de l'essai Charles Veillon (European Essay Prize Charles Veillon) for War of Values
- 2011: Honorary doctorate from the University of St. Gallen
- 2015: Kythera Prize
- 2016: Ludwig Börne Prize
Web links
- Literature by and about Martin Meyer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry about Martin Meyer in the lexicon of the Association of Authors of Switzerland
- Martin Meyer ( Memento from January 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) on the NZZ website .
- Interview with Martin Meyer at Die Medienwoche
- Portrait of Martin Meyers in the Basler Zeitung
Individual evidence
- ↑ Change at the top of two departments. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung online. June 25, 2015
- ↑ https://www.infosperber.ch/Bildung/Der-Fall-UBSUni-Zurich-ist-auch-ein-Fall-NZZ , accessed on June 21, 2020
- ↑ Thomas Schürpf (tsf.): St. Gallen honorary doctorate for Martin Meyer, head of the NZZ arts section . NZZ Online, May 23, 2011
- ↑ journalistenpreise.de of September 18, 2015
- ↑ Martin Meyer receives Börne Prize. Neue Zürcher Zeitung , February 11, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meyer, Martin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th October 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |