Olaf Müller (author, 1959)

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Olaf Müller (born September 30, 1959 in Düren ) is a German administrative clerk and part-time crime writer.

Professional background

After graduating from school and training as a bookseller , Müller studied modern German literary history , comparative literature and philology at RWTH Aachen University from 1981 to 1989 . He then worked first in his learned profession and as a journalist . From 1991 to 1995 Olaf Müller was a research assistant for Hans Alt-Küpers ( SPD ), member of the state parliament .

In the fall of 1995, Müller began to work in the Aachen city ​​administration. Initially responsible for cultural cooperation in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine at the municipal cultural office , he moved to the office for economic development in 1996. Since then he has played a leading role in the organization and supporting program of the annual Charlemagne Prize and is the editor of numerous publications on this topic. On March 1, 2007, Olaf Müller was appointed head of the newly created cultural department of the city of Aachen.

In 2014, Müller applied in vain in the run-up to the 2015 local elections for the SPD's nomination as a candidate for district administration in the Düren district .

Olaf Müller lives in Düren.

Career as a crime writer

In 2018, Müller's first crime novel Rurschatten was published . In the meantime four novels with the inspectors Fett and Schmelzer have been published by Gmeiner-Verlag . These are crime novels with regional and contemporary historical references.

Awards (selection)

Works (selection)

As an author

As editor

  • On the way to European unification. Jacques Delors - international Charlemagne Prize, Aachen 1992 . Co-Ed .: Manfred Sicking, Alano-Verlag, Aachen 1992. ISBN 978-3-8939-9166-2
  • Poland and Germany in Europe: Bronislaw Geremek, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Poland , collection of articles, co-editor: Manfred Sicking, Einhard Verlag, Aachen 1999, ISBN 978-3-8265-4807-9
  • György Konrád. The Hungarian European. International Charlemagne Prize Aachen 2001. Co-publisher: Manfred Sicking, Einhard Verlag, Aachen 2001 ISBN 978-3-9307-0199-5
  • The Euro. Quantum leap in United Europe. International Charlemagne Prize in Aachen 2002. Co-editor: Bernd Vincken, Einhard Verlag, Aachen 2002, ISBN 978-3-9363-4212-3
  • The European Convention and the Constitution of the Union. Awarded the International Charlemagne Prize in Aachen 2003 to Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. Co-Ed .: Bernd Vincken, Einhard Verlag, Aachen 2003 ISBN 978-3-9363-4212-3
  • With the power of the word: the award of the extraordinary international Charlemagne Prize in Aachen to His Holiness Pope John Paul II in 2004 , collection of articles, co-publisher: Bernd Vincken, Einhard Verlag, Aachen 2004, ISBN 978-3-9363-4229 -1
  • Europe in the heart. Award of the International Charlemagne Prize in Aachen 2006 to Jean-Claude Juncker Co-Ed .: Bernd Vincken, Einhard Verlag, Aachen 2006 ISBN 978-3-9363-4252-9
  • Europe's tasks in the world: Awarding of the International Charlemagne Prize in Aachen 2007 to Javier Solana Madariaga collection of articles, co-editor: Bernd Vincken, Einhard Verlag, Aachen 2007, ISBN 978-3-936342-62-8
  • Use Europe's potential. Awarding of the International Charlemagne Prize in Aachen to Angela Merkel. Co-Ed .: Bernd Vincken, Einhard Verlag, Aachen 2008, ISBN 978-3-9363-4270-3
  • Taking Europe's responsibility seriously. Award of the International Charlemagne Prize in Aachen 2009 to Andrea Riccardi. Co-Ed .: Bernd Vincken, Einhard Verlag, Aachen 2009, ISBN 978-3-9363-4275-8
  • Deepening integration - using Europe's strengths: Awarding of the International Charlemagne Prize in Aachen 2010 to Donald Tusk , collection of articles, co-editor: Bernd Vincken, Einhard Verlag, Aachen 2010, ISBN 978-3-936342-82-6
  • Challenges under the sign of the crisis: Awarding of the International Charlemagne Prize in Aachen 2011 to Jean-Claude Trichet , collection of articles, co-editor: Bernd Vincken, Einhard Verlag, Aachen 2011, ISBN 978-3-936342-90-1
  • Strengthened from the crisis? : Award of the International Charlemagne Prize in Aachen 2012 to Wolfgang Schäuble , collection of articles, co-editor: Bernd Vincken, Einhard Verlag, Aachen 2012, ISBN 978-3-943748-00-0
  • EU - quo vadis? : Award of the International Charlemagne Prize in Aachen 2013 to Dalia Grybauskaitė , conference paper, co-editor: Bernd Vincken, Einhard Verlag, Aachen 2013, ISBN 978-3-943748-15-4
  • Europe 2.0. Who, why and where? Awarding of the International Charlemagne Prize in Aachen 2014 to Herman Van Rompuy. Co-Ed .: Bernd Vincken, Einhard Verlag, Aachen 2014 ISBN 978-3-9437-4824-6
  • Europe at the crossroads: Awarding of the International Charlemagne Prize in Aachen 2015 to Martin Schulz , conference paper, co-editor: Bernd Vincken, Einhard Verlag, Aachen 2015, ISBN 978-3-943748-32-1
  • Encouragement for Europe: Awarding of the International Charlemagne Prize in Aachen 2016 to His Holiness Pope Franziskus Conference paper, Co-Ed .: Bernd Vincken, Einhard Verlag, Aachen 2016, ISBN 978-3-943748-39-0
  • Painful course determination for the EU: Award of the International Charlemagne Prize in Aachen 2017 to Timothy Garton Ash , conference paper, co-editor: Bernd Vincken, Einhard Verlag, Aachen 2017, ISBN 978-3-943748-42-0
  • New momentum for Europe: Awarding of the International Charlemagne Prize in Aachen 2018 to Emmanuel Macron , conference paper, co-editor: Bernd Vincken, Einhard Verlag, Aachen 2018 ISBN 978-3-943748-49-9

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Matthias Hinrichs: Aachen: Olaf Müller wants to become district administrator in Düren , in: Aachener Zeitung from October 9, 2014
  2. ↑ Stefan Keim: “The power on the Rhine” by Maren Friedlaender and Olaf Müller , in: WDR 4 book tip from December 10, 2019
  3. ^ Amin Idries: Aachen: Polish orders for linden and millers , in: Aachener Nachrichten of November 15, 2008
  4. ↑ Nina Krüsmann: Krüzzbrür Order: People with Spirit, Humor and Heart and Blood , in: Aachener Nachrichten of November 18, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Müller, Olaf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and local government official
DATE OF BIRTH September 30, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Düren