Volker Panzer
Volker Panzer (born May 31, 1947 in Schaffhausen / Saar ; † August 13, 2020 in Berlin ) was a German journalist and editor of the Humanist Press Service .
Life
Panzer initially studied sociology , literary studies and pedagogy at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main from 1968 to 1971 and then until 1975 at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz , graduating with a state examination for a higher teaching degree .
From 1976 to 1992 he was reporter and filmmaker at ZDF for aspects and Terra X . From 1992 to 1994 he headed the editorial department for art and journalism at Deutschlandsender Kultur . Between 1994 and 1997, Volker Panzer was editor-in-chief of culture and society at ZDF in Mainz . From September 1997 to June 2012 he directed and moderated the Nachtstudio (ZDF), which was produced in Berlin .
Between 1999 and 2004 he published four Nachtstudio books ( 1000 Years of the Occident, Great Emotions, Man and Beast and Virtues and Vices ). In 1982 Volker Panzer received the “Journalistenpreis” of the German Prize for Monument Protection and in 1987 the Nelson Mandela Award for his film Sahara, a lost paradise. He was a member of the scientific advisory board of the Giordano Bruno Foundation . From autumn 2012 to 2015, Volker Panzer moderated the Neuhardenberg Talks at the time of the Neuhardenberg Castle Foundation. At the beginning of 2013, the book Glück is something very small was published - Conversations with Volker Panzer.
literature
- 1000 Years of the Occident , 1999
- Great feelings , 2000
- Humans and Animals , 2001
- Virtues and Vices , 2004
- Happiness is something very small - Conversations with Volker Panzer , 2013
Web links
- Volker Panzer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Detailed interview April 2011
- hpd podcast with Volker Panzer September 2011 . Philipp Möller in conversation with Volker Panzer in the humanistic press service.
- Michael Schmidt-Salomon : Obituary for Volker Panzer: A wonderful person. Humanistic press service, August 14, 2020 .
source
- Panzer, Volker. Short biography. Giordano Bruno Foundation, August 2020, accessed on August 15, 2020 .
Footnotes
- ↑ ZDF cultural presenter: Volker Panzer is dead. In: Spiegel Online. August 14, 2020, accessed on August 15, 2020 .
- ↑ editorial office. Humanistic Press Service, accessed December 10, 2014 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Panzer, Volker |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist and editor of the Humanist Press Service |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 31, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schaffhausen / Saar |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 13, 2020 |
| Place of death | Berlin |