René Zey

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René Zey (born June 12, 1955 in Essen ) is a German author .

Life

René Zey studied German and philosophy in Essen, Bonn and Münster (1st and 2nd state exams ). From 1986 to 1991 Zey was the responsible editor at Harenberg , Lübbe and DuMont . In 1991 he founded the Königsdorfer Medienhaus (design and production of non-fiction books for German and international publishers). Since 1991 he has written over 70 encyclopedias and non-fiction books for publishers such as Rowohlt , Ullstein , Ueberreuter , Europa , Falken , Mosaik and Weltbild . Licensed editions have been published in Poland , the Czech Republic , Estonia and PR China , among others . In 2006 he founded the Internet portal "Designlexikon International".

Awards

  • Culture Prize of the City of Essen (1982)
  • Author's grant from the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (1991)
  • Film grant from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (1984).

Book publications (selection)

  • Summer semester / winter semester (poems), Westarp 1984
  • Main study (narration), Westarp 1984
  • Westviertel (poems), Westarp 1984
  • The most beautiful cafes in the Ruhr area, Essen 1985
  • In the cafe. From Viennese charm to Munich neon, Harenberg 1987
  • Famous women, Rowohlt 1992
  • Lexicon of the graphic arts (together with Markus Stegmann), Rowohlt 1992
  • Lexicon Internationales Design, Rowohlt 1993
  • Parks in Cologne (together with Henriette Meynen), Greven 1993
  • Screen games. The Parents' Guide to Video and Computer Games, Beltz 1994
  • Lexicon New Media, Rowohlt 1994
  • Lexicon of Researchers and Inventors (together with Mark Benecke), Rowohlt 1997
  • For real! 2500 answers to questions never asked, Ullstein 1999
  • Lexicon of Modern Art (together with Markus Stegmann), Gruner and Jahr 2000
  • Von Glückspilzen und Unpluckvögeln (together with Michael Sellen), Ueberreuter 1998 / Rowohlt 2001
  • Quiz for Millions, Falken 2001
  • SMS Love Messages (together with Lennart Zey), Falken 2002 / Mosaik 2003
  • Who is she? Advice biographies of prominent women, Ueberreuter 2003
  • Suddenly a school child (together with Dagmar Zey), Orbis 2003
  • Riddles for Children (together with Dagmar Zey), Urania 2003
  • My motley advice book (together with Dagmar Zey), Bassermann 2003
  • Zarthart (Audiobook) Königsdorfer Medien 2004
  • Lexicon of minor matters worth knowing - Zeys hodgepodge, Europa Verlag 2005
  • Lexicon of the graphic arts (together with Markus Stegmann), CD-ROM, Directmedia Publishing 2007
  • The Design Lexicon (together with Thomas Heider and Markus Stegmann), CD-ROM, Directmedia Publishing 2007
  • The lexicon of the first and last times, Riva 2017

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personal data
SURNAME Zey, René
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author of non-fiction and entertainment books
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH eat