Thomas Ross (journalist)
Thomas Ross (born June 3, 1927 in Berlin ; † March 30, 2007 in Innsbruck ) was a German auditor and journalist .
Life
Born in Berlin, Thomas Ross spent his youth in Lower Austria and studied art history in Vienna until 1950 . After starting out in publishing, he worked as an auditor before, after years with the Wiener Presse, in 1965 he became foreign correspondent for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . He initially reported from Belgrade as a Balkan correspondent , and from 1967 to 1973 from Tokyo on East Asia . After a few years in the Frankfurt headquarters, he wrote from New Delhi about South Asia , then from Limassol in Cyprus about the events in the Middle East , especially about the war in Lebanon that was just beginning .
Since his retirement in 1992 Ross lived on Lake Garda .
Ross was considered to be a “highly educated and (with his novels and reportage books) literary teacher”, especially for the younger generation of journalists at the FAZ.
Publications (in selection)
- Eastern Europe Returns (1965)
- India - Pictures from Magic and Ashes (1990)
- The death of the sacred tree. Report from Inner India (1991) - Far-sighted report on the Maoist movement of the Naxalites in eastern India.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ross, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German auditor and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 3, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 30, 2007 |
| Place of death | innsbruck |