Ulrich Schmid (journalist)
Ulrich Schmid (* 1954 in Zurich ) is a Swiss journalist and author .
Journalistic activity
As editor of the Swiss Dispatch Agency (SDA) and foreign correspondent for the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ), he has traveled to many countries, including Russia , the USA and China . From 2008 to 2014 he was NZZ correspondent in Berlin and from 2015 until he reached retirement age in July 2019, he was NZZ correspondent in Jerusalem . Now he reports as a correspondent for the NZZ from all over the world without a fixed area of activity and with a reduced workload.
Literary activity
His novel The Tsar of Brooklin (2000) is about a Moscow journalist who travels to New York shortly after the fall of the Wall in 1990 to write a report on Russian emigrants. He comes into contact with the mafia milieu.
In 2006, Aschemenschen , a political thriller set in Xinjiang in troubled western China , was released. The Swiss Erla accompanies the former GDR military advisor Gerd on an unusual trip to where the two meet the Chinese entrepreneur Xin. An impending relationship between Erla and Xin is suddenly interrupted by the disappearance of Xin's little daughter Xiao Fei. Everyone goes in search of her. Gerd's past in Ethiopia casts a long shadow over the present. Erla, on the other hand, receives support from the Ash People , who encourage them to follow their feelings.
Works
- Ash people . Eichborn Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 2006, ISBN 978-3-8218-0768-3 .
- The Tsar of Brooklin . Eichborn Verlag, Berlin, 2000, ISBN 978-3-8218-0832-1 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Ulrich Schmid in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and reviews of works by Ulrich Schmid at perlentaucher.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peter Rásonyi (pra.): Changes in Jerusalem. In: www.nzz.ch. July 31, 2019, accessed July 31, 2019 . (Info box below)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmid, Ulrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss journalist and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |