Thilo Thielke

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Thilo Thielke (* 1968 in Hanover ) is a German journalist and book author .

Life

Thielke graduated from the Tellkampf School in Hanover. From 1985 he wrote for the Hanover daily newspaper Neue Presse . In 1990 he discovered the Romanian children's home in Cighid , in which predominantly children with disabilities had to live in inhumane conditions and many died. From 1990 to 1996 he worked for Spiegel TV and mainly reported on the wars in the Balkan region . In 1997 he switched to Spiegel and wrote first for the Germany and then the sports department. From 2003 to 2008 he reported for Spiegel from Nairobi , where his children were born, and then from Bangkok . From 2013 he lived with his family in East Africa and runs a lodge on Kilimanjaro . Since February 2018 he has been a freelance Africa correspondent for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . He now writes from Cape Town in South Africa .

His pictures of the Darfur conflict were shown in 2007 at the “2. Fotofestival Mannheim, Ludwigshafen, Heidelberg ”.

Thielke is the author of numerous books on contemporary history , countries such as Kenya , Sudan and the Philippines and the football player Stan Libuda . His book Eine Liebe in Auschwitz, which made it onto Spiegel's bestseller list, contains elements of journalistic reportage, historical documentation, political reports and the biographical novel.

Among other things, he published on the political blog Axis des Guten and the debate magazine The European , wrote for magazines such as Stern and Weltwoche and produced television documentaries.

honors and awards

Works

  • "Nobody can get past God ...". The life of Reinhard 'Stan' Libuda , Die Werkstatt, 1997, ISBN 978-3895333774 .
  • A love in Auschwitz , Hoffmann and Campe, 2000, ISBN 978-3455150254 .
  • War in the Land of the Mahdi: Darfur and the Disintegration of Sudan , Magnus Essen, 2006, ISBN 978-3884005057 .
  • Kenya: Reports from Inside a Torn Country , Brandes & Apsel, 2008, ISBN 978-3860998687 .
  • TraumFußball: African Football Stories , The Workshop, 2009, ISBN 978-3895336416 .
  • Philippines: On the Road in the Land of 7000 Islands , Brandes & Apsel, 2011, ISBN 978-3860997116 .
  • Thailand 151: Portrait of the colorful kingdom in 151 snapshots , Conbook Medien, 2013, ISBN 978-3943176438 .
  • Tanzania - Reports and travel reports from the heart of East Africa , Brandes & Apsel, 2015, ISBN 978-3955581107 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Profile of Thilo Thielke , Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  2. ^ Cighid - expedition to Romania, March 1990 in: Stefan Aust : Deutschland, Deutschland, Hoffmann and Campe, 2013, p. 148 [1]
  3. ^ Thilo Thielke: Children's home scandal in Romania: return to Cighid . In: Spiegel Online www.spiegel.de . April 22, 2015 ( spiegel.de [accessed July 26, 2018]).
  4. ^ In- house communication: Re: Romania. In: Der Spiegel 51/2011. Spiegel Online, accessed January 3, 2017 .
  5. ^ Children's home scandal in Romania: return to Cighid. In: Spiegel Online - one day. Spiegel Online, accessed January 4, 2017 .
  6. ^ Jewish Museum Berlin: Action Week "Darfur: Crimes Against Humanity" in the Jewish Museum Berlin - International Conference on Conflict in Darfur (participants). In: www.jmberlin.de. Retrieved January 4, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Thilo Thielke at Perlentaucher .
  8. ↑ Entry on Thilo Thielke in the Reporter Forum
  9. ↑ a b biography of Thilo Thielke , Conbook Verlag .
  10. ^ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung GmbH: Search and search results - FAZ. Retrieved April 27, 2018 .
  11. ^ Artists :: 2nd Photo Festival Mannheim Ludwigshafen Heidelberg. In: 2007.fotofestival.info. Retrieved January 5, 2017 .
  12. ^ Stephan Ehlert: Spiegel reporter Thilo Thielke has little hope for Sudan: Eyewitness in Darfur . In: Berliner Zeitung . ( berliner-zeitung.de [accessed on January 3, 2017]).
  13. ↑ Review: Non-fiction book: Sad hero, dreamlike dribbler: Libuda was not up to life . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . December 19, 1997, ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed January 3, 2017]).
  14. ^ Non-fiction books. In: Der Spiegel 46/2001. Spiegel Online, accessed May 29, 2017 .
  15. ^ A love in Auschwitz at buecher.de , with a review of the Süddeutsche Zeitung on September 6, 2000.
  16. ↑ List of articles from Thilo Thielke on the axis of the good .
  17. ^ Author profile and articles by Thilo Thielke at The European
  18. ↑ On the trail of old steam locomotives in Africa . In: stern.de . June 11, 2015 ( stern.de [accessed May 21, 2017]).
  19. ↑ The World Week | Weltwoche Online - www.weltwoche.ch: Migration: «The best are lured away» | Die Weltwoche, issue 10/2016. Retrieved May 21, 2017 .
  20. ↑ Welt and N24 with a multimedia project The River of the Pharaohs - Searching for traces on the Nile on December 6th on all channels . In: FinanzNachrichten.de . ( finanznachrichten.de [accessed on May 21, 2017]).
  21. ↑ Thilo Thielke. Retrieved May 21, 2017 .
  22. ↑ Awards. In: www.spiegel-tv.de. Retrieved January 3, 2017 .
  23. ↑ Axel Springer Prize for Young Journalists 2000: nominations have been made . In: presseportal.de . ( presseportal.de [accessed on January 4, 2017]).
  24. ↑ Super User: LIBERTY AWARD - Thilo Thielke. In: www.liberty-award.de. Retrieved January 4, 2017 .
  25. ↑ Message on "Reporter Forum", accessed on February 11, 2017
  26. ↑ Kindernothilfe awards media prizes for the 16th time - Kindernothilfe. In: Kindernothilfe eV. Retrieved on January 3, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Thielke, Thilo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thielke, Thilo Henner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and book author
DATE OF BIRTH 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover , Germany