Urs Rauber
Urs Rauber (* 1948 in Breitenbach SO ) is a Swiss journalist and writer .
Life
Rauber attended the Einsiedeln Abbey School and then enrolled to study history , journalism and modern German literature at the University of Zurich and the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . He completed this in 1985 with a dissertation on Swiss industry in Russia and an associated doctorate .
Rauber gained his first journalistic experience at a union newspaper. In 1987 he got a job with the Swiss Observer . For this he worked as an editor until 2001 before moving to the NZZ am Sonntag in the same position . In addition, he was responsible for the supplement “Books on Sunday”. He retired at the end of September 2015. In March 2017, he was elected President of the Zurich Quarters Wiedikon .
Urs Rauber is married, has two sons and lives in Zurich.
Awards
- 1999: Zurich Journalism Prize
- 2001: Zurich Journalist Prize (together with Rahel Stauber for "Ex-Yugoslavs: The New Enemy" , in: Der Schweizerische Beobachter , No. 9/2000)
- 2002: Media Prize of the Swiss Bar Association (together with Rahel Stauber for “Court test: The judiciary works too slowly” , in: Der Schweizerische Beobachter , No. 13/2001)
Publications
- Swiss industry in Russia. A contribution to the history of industrial emigration, capital exports and trade between Switzerland and the Tsarist Empire (1760–1917) . Zurich 1985, ISBN 978-3-85865-701-5
- The Jeanmaire case . Memoirs of a «traitor». The ex-brigadier in the crosshairs of politics and secret services . Weltwoche-ABC-Verlag, Zurich 1991, ISBN 978-3-85504-134-3
- Multiplication tables for consumers. Check, buy, complain . Observer-Verlag, Zurich 1992, ISBN 3-85569-110-X
- Urs Rauber in conversation with Thomas Held . NZZ Libro, Zurich 2010, ISBN 978-3-03823-551-4
- Eufemia - Indian power plant on the Uetliberg. Xanthippe, Zurich 2012, ISBN 978-3-905795-17-2 . With a foreword by Kurt Aeschbacher .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Urs Rauber (ura.). NZZ am Sonntag editors “Books on Sunday” ( memento of October 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), presentation of Raubers on the Neue Zürcher Zeitung website , accessed on December 13, 2011
- ↑ Urs Rauber: Why I worked until 67 (and recommend this to others). ( Memento from October 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) In: NZZ am Sonntag from October 4, 2015.
- ↑ http://www.quartierverein-wiedikon.ch/
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rauber, Urs |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss journalist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Breitenbach SO |