Michael Heim (journalist)

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Michael Heim (born on November 13, 1936 in Bad Wiessee ; died on December 29, 2015 in Rottach-Egern ) was a German journalist , writer and local historian .

Life

Even as a student at Tegernseer Gymnasium, Heim wrote articles for the Tegernseer Zeitung . After graduating from high school, Heim studied modern history, medieval history and newspaper studies at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich from 1957 to 1964 , where he received his doctorate in 1964 with a biographical thesis on the journalist Spiridion Gopčević . He then worked for Münchner Merkur until 1982 , where he was head of foreign policy and chief reporter. He lived in the Tegernsee Valley until 1982, then in Munich. From 1984 onwards he was the chief editor and film author at Bavarian television . In 2000 he retired there and founded a production company, he was also the editor-in-chief of the cultural newspaper Tegernseer Tal , for which he also wrote numerous, primarily historical articles. He was also the author of the bi-weekly Seegeist columns.

In addition to his journalistic work, Heim was also the author of several books. His best-known work is the novel Aswan , which has been translated into ten languages . When the dam breaks ... from 1971. In 1984 the science fiction novel Outing into the morning appeared .

Heim also wrote scripts for cultural and industrial films and has been awarded the German Industrial Film Prize several times for his work . In 1971 he received the “The First Novel” award from the New Literary Society Hamburg.

Heim died in 2015 at the age of 79. He was buried on January 5, 2016 in the Munich forest cemetery.

bibliography

  • Spiridion Gopčević: biography. Dissertation. 1964. Book edition: Spiridion Gopčević: Life and Work. Albanian Research, Vol. 4. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1966.
  • as Peter Kirein: Wolpertinger is alive. (Why the Bavarians have more hair.) A contribution to hunting. Lipp, Munich 1968.
  • Aswan. When the dam breaks ... preconstruction of a disaster. Desch, Munich 1971, ISBN 3-420-04611-1 . Paperback: When the Dam Breaks. Novel of a disaster. Goldmann, Munich 1975. ISBN 3-442-03358-6 .
  • Living with the Wolpertinger: A behavior guide. Illustrated by Hans Reiser. Lipp, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-87490-601-9 .
  • Excursion into the morning. Reports from the future. Bastei Lübbe TB # 28116, 1984, ISBN 3-404-28116-0 .
  • with Werner Nosko: The Ötztal forgery. Anatomy of an archaeological grotesque. Rowohlt, Reinbek b. Hamburg 1993, ISBN 3-498-02918-5 .
  • De foundation. Oratorio on the founding history of the Tegernsee Monastery in three parts for soloists, speaker, choir and orchestra: Death - The Night - The Departure. First performance in the former monastery church Tegernsee on May 17, 1996; second performance on May 18, 1996. Music by Thomas Rebensburg . Catholic parish office, Tegernsee 1996.
  • with Helge Hufschläger: A valley and its path. How Tegernsee got hold of the train. Oreos Verlag, Waakirchen 2002, ISBN 3-923657-71-4 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Nina-Kathrin Behr: Heim, Michael. In: German Literature Lexicon . The 20th century. Volume 15: Captain - Heinemann. Saur, Zurich and Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-11-023162-5 , Sp. 531 f ..
  2. ↑ a b obituary in the Süddeutsche Zeitung , accessed on February 9, 2020.
  3. ↑ Place of death according to GND. Wolfgang C. Goede names Munich as the place of death in his obituary.
  4. ↑ On the death of Dr. Michael Heim. In: Bad Wiessee in view. February 2016, p. 3 f., PDF .
  5. ↑ Wolfgang C. Goede: On the death of Dr. Michael Heim. Obituary on the website of TELI (Technisch-Literäre Gesellschaft eV), accessed on February 9, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Home, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kirein, Peter (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist, writer and local historian
DATE OF BIRTH November 13, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Wiessee
DATE OF DEATH December 29, 2015
Place of death Rottach-Egern