Peter Huemer (journalist)
Peter Huemer (* 1941 in Linz ) is an Austrian publicist , journalist and historian .
Life
After graduating from the Stiftsgymnasium Wilhering high school , Peter Huemer studied history, German literature and art history at the University of Vienna , where he received his doctorate in 1968 .
From 1969 to 2002 he worked for the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation . He was best known as the head of the television program Club 2 . After he left Club 2 , he hosted the successful radio program In Conversation in the Austria 1 program for 14 years .
In 2002 he held the Theodor Herzl Lecturer in Poetics of Journalism at the University of Vienna . Since 2005 he has been a member of the editorial board of Datum magazine . Huemer continued to speak frequently in Austrian and international media on current topics.
From 2011 to 2015 Huemer conducted a monthly series of talks at the stadtTheater walfischgasse with one guest each, including André Heller , Sally Perel , Sophie Freud , Michael Haneke , Joachim Gauck , Reinhold Messner and Harald Schmidt . In the 2013/2014 season he also worked at the Burgtheater in Vienna as a moderator on the project Die letzte Zeugen by Doron Rabinovici and Matthias Hartmann .
Fonts
- Section head Robert Hecht and the destruction of democracy in Austria. A historical-political study. Dissertation. University of Vienna 1968. Publishing house for history and politics, Vienna 1975; Oldenbourg, Munich 1975.
- Why television is dumber than radio. Talking about talking in the media. Picus, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-85452-781-0 .
- Homeland. Lying. Literature. Texts on the current state of mind. The apple, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-85450-165-X .
Editing
- with Grete Schurz (Ed.): Submission. About destructive obedience. Zsolnay, Vienna 1990.
- In conversation. Kremayr and Scheriau, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-218-00576-0 .
- Viktor Matejka : Book No. 3. With a foreword by Johannes Mario Simmel . Löcker, Vienna 1993, ISBN 3-85409-222-9 .
Awards
- 1971: Leopold Kunschak Prize
- 1987: Friedrich Torberg Medal
- 1992: Prize of the City of Vienna for Journalism
- 2000: Willy and Helga Sale-Verlon Prize
- 2002: Axel Corti Prize
- 2004: Austrian State Prize for Cultural Journalism ; Huemer donated the prize money to Ute Bock and the Republican Club - New Austria .
- 2003: "Defensor Libertatis" positive award from the Big Brother Awards for services to the defense of civil rights in the information age and the commitment to freedom of communication
- 2011: Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, 1st class
- 2012: Golden Medal of Honor of the City of Vienna
- 2016: Concordia Prize for his life's work
Web links
- Literature by and about Peter Huemer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Portrait of Peter Huemer on the website of Hörfunk Ö1 (ORF)
- Chroniclers, reporters, educators: Peter Huemer Collection Österreichische Mediathek
Individual evidence
- ↑ Online presence Die Zeit Die Zeit . Ceremonial speech at the Brucknerfest Linz: dismantling of the welfare state, restriction of civil rights
- ↑ http://www.bigbrotherawards.at/index03.php
- ↑ List of winners of the Medal of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria . Retrieved April 4, 2015.
- ^ Diepresse.com: Concordia Prize to imprisoned journalists in Turkey . Article dated April 6, 2017, accessed April 13, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Huemer, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Linz |