Rudolph Chimelli

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Rudolph Maximilian Chimelli (born April 24, 1928 in Munich ; † April 22, 2016 ) was a German journalist and author .

Life

Chimelli first studied law and economics . In 1964 he went to Beirut as a correspondent , from where he reported on the Arab world for eight years . In 1972 he moved to Moscow and from 1979 to 1998 was a correspondent for the Süddeutsche Zeitung in Paris . He was also considered a specialist in Iran .

He has received several awards for his reports, which he has repeatedly published in book form. In 1986 the Federal Association of German Newspaper Publishers awarded him the Theodor Wolff Prize . In 1992 he received the Joseph Roth Prize . In 2007 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class .

Works (selection)

  • 9 times in Moscow , Piper, Munich / Zurich 1987.
  • Matrioschka (= Vontobel series of publications ), Vontobel-Holding, Zurich 1991 DNB 942056981 .
  • with Tino Küng (illustrations): Islamism, (= Vontobel series ), Vontobel Foundation, Zurich 1999, DNB 957 543 409 .
    • Islamisme (= Vontobel publication series ), Vontobel Foundation, Zurich 1993 (translated by Brigitte Brunner), OCLC 837175960 (French).
  • The revolution increases its children. Iranian Notes , Picus, Vienna 2000, ISBN 3-85452-737-3 .
  • The West of Arabia. Maghrebian links , Vienna (Picus) 2002.
  • Orient. How the Middle East became what it is Edited by Joachim Käppner and Ronen Steinke. Edition Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-86497-296-6 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rudolph Chimelli: Iran threatens to block the Persian Gulf - blockade means war. In: sueddeutsche.de . December 29, 2011, accessed December 4, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Interview by Sonja Ernst with Chimelli on the website of the Federal Agency for Political Education, June 10, 2010 , accessed on December 28, 2011
  3. ↑ BDZV: 1962-1997. Retrieved July 23, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Chimelli, Rudolph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chimelli, Rudolph Maximilian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and author
DATE OF BIRTH April 24, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH April 22, 2016