Reinhard Hesse
Reinhard Hesse (born August 17, 1956 in Hanover , † October 11, 2004 in Berlin ) was a German speechwriter and journalist .
Life
Reinhard Hesse grew up as a child of German parents in Cairo . After his history and German studies, he worked as the reporter in Beirut, Cairo, Bonn and worked in the US for many years editor of the taz as a foreign correspondent in Beirut and in the regional editorial office in Hanover . Hesse lived in Berlin, Munich and Beirut, among others. At the age of thirty he became editor-in-chief of the magazine TransAtlantik published by Hans Magnus Enzensberger , which he was responsible for until 1987 with the writer Jörg Fauser in addition to " lui " (also in the NewMag Verlag by Heinz van Nouhuys ). Since 1998 Hesse worked as a speechwriter and author of political essays for the then Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schröder . In 2002 he published the book Ground Zero - The West and the Islamic World Against Global Jihad , which deals with the Islamic countries and in particular the terrorist attacks of September 11th.
Hesse died at the age of only 48 from a brain tumor diagnosed just a few weeks earlier . He is buried in the cemetery of the Dorotheenstadt and Friedrichswerder communities in Berlin-Mitte.
Web links
- Literature by and about Reinhard Hesse in the catalog of the German National Library
- “From traffic jam alarm to the voice of the chancellor” , the daily newspaper , October 13, 2004, an obituary by Mathias Bröckers
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hesse, Reinhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist and speechwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th August 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanover |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 11, 2004 |
| Place of death | Berlin |