Ulli Kulke
Ulrich "Ulli" Kulke (born August 20, 1952 in Benthe ) is a German journalist .
Life
Kulke grew up in Benthe and attended high schools in Gehrden and Braunschweig , where he became the student representative and district student representative . He studied economics and business education at the Free University of Berlin . In 1979 he started working as an editor for the company and trade union at taz in Berlin . In 1984/85 he worked as a development policy advisor for the parliamentary group of the Greens in Bonn and then returned to taz as a business editor.
From 1990 to 1993 he worked as an editor at the magazine natur in Munich , until 1996 as head of the science department at Wochenpost in Berlin. Until 2001 he was deputy editor-in-chief of the mare magazine in Hamburg , where he wrote a column on the Pacific island of Pitcairn . Until 2016 he worked as a reporter and author for the daily newspaper Die Welt und der Welt am Sonntag .
As a journalist, he mainly writes on scientific topics. Kulke wrote the “climate-skeptical” blog Donner und Doria on Welt Online . His texts also appear in the conservative weblog Axis des Guten and on the website of EIKE , an association that denies human-made global warming. As a book author, he specializes in the Age of Discovery and has published several books on the subject.
From 1999 to 2004 Kulke was a member of the preliminary jury for the Egon Erwin Kisch Prize for journalists, and since 2005 he has been a member of the preliminary jury for the Henri Nannen Prize , in which the Egon Erwin Kisch Prize was included.
Ulli Kulke is a brother of Hermann Kulke . He is married, has two daughters and lives in Berlin .
Publications (selection)
- The great explorers. Theiss-Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-8062-1994-X
- Adventure world history. Beltz-Verlag, Weinheim 2007, ISBN 3-407-75328-4
- Alexander von Humboldt. Trip to South America. Frederking & Thaler, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-89405-773-2
- Vasco da Gama. The search for the Spice Islands. Frederking & Thaler, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-89405-791-6
- Space striker. Wernher von Braun and the race to the moon. Quadriga, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-86995-026-6
- '69 - The Dramatic Race to the Moon - The Apollo 8 mission changed the world. Stuttgart 2018, ISBN 978-3-7844-3452-0
Prizes and awards
- Ludwig Bölkow Journalist Prize , 2008
- InnoPlanta Journalist Award, 2009
- Bambini Prize of the European Society of Young Academics, 2010
- ITB Book Award, 2011
- Journalist Prize of the German Nutrition Society , 2015
Web links
- Literature by and about Ulli Kulke in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Profile and contributions by Ulli Kulke on the axis of the good .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kulke, Ulli |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kulke, Ulrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th August 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Benthe |