Uwe von Seltmann
Uwe von Seltmann (born July 29, 1964 in Müsen in the Siegen district ) is a journalist and writer .
life and work
Seltmann is a son of the writer and song poet Lothar von Seltmann . After studying Protestant theology in Erlangen , Tübingen and Vienna and a stay of several months in Jerusalem (1994) and working as a newspaper correspondent, he was editor-in-chief of the Protestant weekly newspaper Der Sonntag in Leipzig from 2004 to December 2008 . Since 2009 he has been living as a freelance author in Krakow and Leipzig.
From 1998 to 2000 von Seltmann's first books were published: The novel Karlebach's Legacy , which deals with the effects of the Nazi era on the present, and Papa, Paul and Pampers , in which he describes the life of a father in 42 short stories . On the 40th anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall , his novel On One Day in August was published in 2001 . Von Seltmann also traced the life of his grandfather Lothar von Seltmann, an SS man who was involved in the suppression of the Warsaw ghetto uprising ( keep the perpetrators silent, the grandchildren talk ).
In 2012, Seltmann was briefly editor-in-chief of the newly founded magazine Leben & Tod .
Works (selection)
- Karlebach's legacy. Novel. Gerlingen 2000, ISBN 3-88350-746-6 .
- One day in August. Novel. Gerlingen 2001, ISBN 3-88350-117-4 .
- Papa, Paul and Pampers. a father unpacks . 2nd Edition. Leipzig 2006, ISBN 3-374-02438-6 .
- with Claudia Brunner: If the perpetrators are silent, the grandchildren talk . Frankfurt am Main 2006, ISBN 3-596-16760-4 .
- Why then believe ...? 52 personal confessions . Leipzig 2006, ISBN 3-374-02403-3 .
- A motto for life. What my confirmation saying means to me . Leipzig 2008, ISBN 978-3-374-02582-4 .
- with Karsten Krampitz: Life with and without God. Contributions to internal security . Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-7766-2645-2 .
- Grandfather wasn't a pirate. An odyssey from Sieg to the Vistula . Narrative. In: Karsten Krampitz (Ed.): Home, Homesickness, Visitation . Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-87956-338-8 , pp. 42-46.
- Todleben , Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-7766-2681-0 .
- Gabi i Uwe , Warsaw 2012, ISBN 978-83-01-16954-1 .
- It's burning. Mordechai Gebirtig, father of the Yiddish song . Biography. Erlangen 2018, ISBN 978-3-946120-65-0 .
Remarks
- ↑ her great-uncle was Alois Brunner
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Seltmann, Uwe von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 29, 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Müsen , Kreis Siegen |