Ralf Sotscheck
Ralf Sotscheck (* 1954 in Berlin-Lankwitz ) is a German - Irish journalist and author.
Life
Sotscheck, who is married to an Irish woman, has a degree in business education from the Free University of Berlin . Since 1985 he has been the foreign correspondent for Ireland and the United Kingdom of the Berlin taz . He has also published a Monday column there since 1991 . He has also been a regular contributor to the Ireland Journal since 1990 . The journalist lives on Ireland's west coast, in the village of Fanore , County Clare . Sotscheck has exchanged German for Irish citizenship .
In the comic strip Touché by Thomas Körner (TOM), which also appears in the taz , the character Ralf, who always tries in vain to quit smoking, was inspired by his acquaintance with Ralf Sotscheck.
Sotscheck is a member of the PEN Center Germany .
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He is a sought-after expert as the author of numerous books on Ireland and the United Kingdom, such as St. Patrick at the Bingo Hall, The Eye of the Celtic Tiger and Instructions for Use for Ireland, and some satirical works on the same subject, such as Irish Toffee .
Books (selection)
- 1988: Ireland - A bibliography of independent German-language publications from the 16th century to 1989. (together with Jürgen Schneider). Verlag der Georg Büchner Verlagshandlung, Darmstadt, ISBN 3-925376-32-1 .
- 1996: Instructions for Use for Ireland . Piper Verlag, Munich, ISBN 3-492-04986-9 .
- 1999: Saint Patrick in the Bingo Hall - Irish Insights. Picus Verlag Vienna, ISBN 3-85452-718-7 .
- 1999: with Carola Rönneburg : Christmas stollen with Guinness: a German-Irish gift. Ullstein Berlin ISBN 978-3-548-35937-3 .
- 2000: The Celtic Tiger. Edition Nautilus , ISBN 3-89401-353-2 .
- 2002: In Schlucken-Zwei-Spechte (Harry Rowohlt tells Ralf Sotscheck his life from the cradle to the bend). Verlag Klaus Bittermann , ISBN 3-89320-053-3 .
- 2008: Nothing against the English: Psychogram of a strange people . Klaus Bittermann, Berlin, ISBN 3-89320-121-1 .
- 2013: Dublin. A city in biographies . Merian portraits, Munich, ISBN 978-3-8342-1363-1 .
- 2014: You don't hit door gnomes . Edition TIAMAT, ISBN 978-3893201907 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Ralf Sotscheck in the catalog of the German National Library
- Ralf Sotscheck's website
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Deutschlandradio Kultur, November 30, 2011: Migrant workers on the green island - Ralf Sotscheck is Ireland correspondent and writer
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Socheck, Ralf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist and satirist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin-Lankwitz |