Roland Haug
Roland Werner Haug (born January 31, 1940 in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt ; † January 13, 2021 in Fellbach ) was a German journalist , author and Eastern European correspondent for Süddeutscher Rundfunk (SDR).
Life
After attending school in Stuttgart, Haug studied Slavic Studies , History and Sociology in Berlin and Tübingen and then attended the Russian language seminar at the University of Leningrad .
After an internship with the Stuttgarter Nachrichten in 1963 , he worked as a news editor at SDR until 1970, then as a political editor and commentator on Eastern Europe.
From 1981 to 1986 he was ARD radio correspondent responsible for southern Africa and finally until 1989 SDR news chief in Stuttgart. From 1990 to 1994 he reported for ARD, Swiss radio , Austrian radio and the Neue Zürcher Zeitung from Moscow . From 1994 until his retirement in 2002 he was again head of news in Stuttgart.
Russia became Haug's “second home” - from 1964 onwards he undertook more than 80 excursions to all areas of the former Soviet Union .
He was married to the journalist and author Regine Haug and lived in Stuttgart-Untertürkheim . On January 13, 2021, he died a few weeks before his 81st birthday in Fellbach.
Works
- Putin's world. Russia on the way west . Collection of articles. Nomos, Baden-Baden 2003, ISBN 978-3-8329-0426-5
- The Kremlin AG. Putin, Russia and the Germans . Hohenheim-Verlag, Stuttgart / Leipzig 2007, ISBN 978-389850-153-8
Web links
- Literature by and about Roland Haug in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Klaus Enslin: Roland Haug - biography. In: wirtemberg.de. January 14, 2021, accessed January 14, 2021 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Haug, Roland |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Haug, Roland Werner (full name) |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | German author and Eastern Europe correspondent |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 31, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 13, 2021 |
| Place of death | Fellbach |