Tanja Salkowski
Tanja Salkowski (born November 25, 1977 in Zurich ) is a German author , blogger , presenter and journalist . She is also an activist to raise awareness about depression and other mental disorders .
Life
Tanja Salkowski grew up in Andernach and moved to Stuttgart in 1996 , where she studied advertising and market communication at the Media University. After completing her studies, she initially worked as a management assistant for a media agency in Saarbrücken . In 2004 she started her own business as a music manager and marketing consultant. a. for Claudia Kohde-Kilsch . In the same year she and colleagues founded the city beach Potato Island (today Saarstrand / Big Island) in Saarbrücken , based on the model of Paris-Plages . Other jobs followed as a PR consultant, editor, animator and moderator, etc. a. for a cruise company.
On February 14th, 2012 Tanja Salkowski attempted suicide. In the same year, she was hospitalized for depression . She founded the blog sonnengrau , in which she reports on her everyday life with depression to this day.
Her debut novel sonnengrau was published in 2013 . I have depression - so what? , which was featured in leading media. In 2014 the novel was published in South Korea.
Salkowski has hosted the radio show Radio sonnengrau in the Lübeck Open Canal since 2014 . She founded the non-profit project together with friends and experts to educate people about depression and other mental illnesses in an entertaining way. The radio show is a pioneering project nationwide and was awarded the DGPPN Antistigma Prize in 2014 and the federal startsocial Prize in 2015.
Tanja Salkowski gives nationwide readings and lectures on the subject of depression.
Works
- sun gray. I have depression - so what? Manuela Kinzel Verlag, Göppingen 2013, ISBN 978-3-95544-004-6 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ An advertiser fled as an entertainer on the cruise ship . In the world. March 16, 2013.
- ↑ Chris Tomas: Wait until the doctor comes . In: Süddeutsche Magazin. March 2, 2015.
- ^ The winners of the DGPPN Antistigma Prize 2014 . In: HEALTH ADHOC. November 26, 2014
- ↑ Author reports on her life with depression . In: Südkurier. January 14, 2014.
- ↑ Depression is not a crazy status. Guest at the talk How we live decisions , Universum Bremen, March 13, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Salkowski, Tanja |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German author, blogger, presenter and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 25, 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |