Michael Guggenheimer

Michael Guggenheimer (born October 8, 1946 in Tel Aviv ) is a Swiss journalist , writer and photographer .

Life

Michael Guggenheimer grew up in Tel Aviv and Amsterdam , studied contemporary history and social psychology in Zurich and was head of the communications department of the Swiss cultural foundation Pro Helvetia from 1989 to 2003 .

From 2007 to 2010 he was together with Katarina Holländer curator of the exhibition A Certain Jewish Something in Zurich, Munich, Augsburg and Frankfurt am Main. In 2007 Guggenheimer received the Europe medal of the European City Görlitz / Zgorzelec for his cultural commitment in the German-Polish twin city .

From 2013 to 2018 he was President of the German-Swiss PEN Center (DSPZ).

Works

• Goerlitz. Layer by layer. Traces of a future. Lusatia Verlag, Bautzen / Dresden 2004.
• Tel Aviv - a touch of Gadol and waiting in Mersand. Edition Clandestin, Biel 2013, ISBN 978-3-905297-42-3 .
• Help others. Defend the freedom of the word. Reflection on the text of the cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach : Wrong world, I don't trust you! , BWV 52. On the occasion of the performance in the ref. Trogen Church on November 21, 2014.
  • on DVD: Miriam Feuersinger (soprano), choir and orchestra of the JS Bach Foundation , Rudolf Lutz (conductor). Including an introductory workshop with Karl Graf and Rudolf Lutz as well as reflection by Michael Guggenheimer. Gallus Media, 2015.

Web links

• Entry about Michael Guggenheimer in the lexicon of the Association of Authors of Switzerland
• Short biography and reviews of works by Michael Guggenheimer at perlentaucher.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Short biography
2. ↑ Guggenheimer on Textkontor.ch
3. ↑ Hafuch Gadol (Hebrew) is a great coffee with milk, Café Hafuch is also the proper name of a well-known Tel Aviv café, Mersand is not an incorrect spelling for sea ​​sand , but the personal name of Mikki Mersand from Trieste, the former owner of a café with the same name that is currently popular in Tel Aviv .
4. ↑ Product information ( Memento of the original from May 5, 2015 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. on the website of the JS Bach Foundation, accessed on April 30, 2015.