Peter Korneffel
Peter Korneffel (born November 19, 1962 in Münster ) is a German journalist and author.
Life
Peter Korneffel graduated from the Westphalian Wilhelms University of Münster with a diploma in education in 1988 . After managing a youth center for two years, he toured Germany as a solo cabaret artist until 1993.
Since the 1990s he has been writing reports abroad in the fields of economy, environment and geography, including for Die Zeit , GEO , Mare and Terra Mater magazine . From 1994 to 2008 he worked as a freelance correspondent and reporter in South America and Spain.
In 1999 he wrote his first travel guide about Ecuador in the MAI's World Guide series. Since 2008 he has also been the author of the DuMont Travel Guide Ecuador / Galápagos Islands .
In 2016 his book Biermanufakturen in Berlin was published , a scene guide to microbrewers and the history of brewing in Berlin.
Prizes and awards
Together with the MAGNUM photographer Alex Webb , Korneffel was awarded the renowned "Hansel Mieth Prize" in 2000 for the MARE report War in the Mangroves . In 2001 the Federal President awarded him the »Development Policy Media Prize«. The ZEIT readers ' trip "Ecuador - Humboldts grandiose Reise" developed by Peter Korneffel was awarded the "Golden Palm" by GEO Saison .
Works
- Mai's World Leader 22: Ecuador with Galápagos Islands. 1999, ISBN 3-87936-243-2
- From Amazonia to Galápagos. Forays through Ecuador. Horlemann Verlag, 2nd edition 2005, ISBN 3-89502-203-9
- DuMont Travel Guide: Ecuador / Galápagos Islands. 2nd edition 2013, ISBN 978-3-7701-7726-4
- Beer factories in Berlin. Oktober Verlag, 2016, ISBN 978-3-944369-75-4
- The Humboldts in Berlin. Elsengold Verlag, 2017, ISBN 978-3-944594-77-4
Web links
- www.korneffel.de
- www.biermanufakturen.de
- http://www.journalist.de/ratgeber/handwerk-beruf/menschen-und-mappen/frei-journalisten-rechen-wir-uebers-geschaeft/spezial/peter-korneffel.html
- http://zeitreisen.zeit.de/interviews/begegnung-mit-peter-korneffel-0
Individual evidence
- ↑ War in the Mangroves ( Memento of the original from April 2, 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.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Korneffel, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 19, 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Muenster |