Volker Skierka
Volker Skierka (born September 21, 1952 in Rheinfelden (Baden) ) is a German journalist and author .
Life
After graduating from secondary school , he began an apprenticeship as a technical draftsman , which he completed in 1972. Then he volunteered at the Nürnberger Nachrichten . He is a member of the PEN Center Germany .
From 1975 he worked as a correspondent for the Reuters news agency , a. a. in Bavaria, Bonn, and most recently in West Berlin , from where he also reported on the GDR . In 1979 he moved to the Süddeutsche Zeitung , but stayed as a correspondent in West Berlin for another six years. After further positions in Hamburg and Latin America, Skierka moved from SZ to Merian in 1992 , where he was editor-in-chief for five years. As a Feuchtwanger biographer, he campaigned for the preservation of Villa Aurora , Lion Feuchtwanger's former home in Los Angeles, in the late 1980s .
He was awarded the Egon-Erwin-Kisch Prize in 1980 for his work Irgendwannt dich 'ne eine Wut packs you in the SZ .
Skierka has worked as a freelance writer since 1997, a. a. for Die Zeit , stern , Spiegel , Deutschlandradio , DLF , and NDR . Skierka lives in Hamburg .
Works (selection)
- Armin Mueller-Stahl: Encounters - a biography in pictures. Knesebeck Verlag, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-89660-139-3 .
- Fidel Castro - a biography . Kindler Verlag, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-463-40399-4 .
- Power and machinations - finding the truth in the Barschel affair , together with Cordt Schnibben . Rasch and Röhring Verlag, Hamburg 1988, ISBN 3-89136-189-0 .
- Lion Feuchtwanger - a biography. Quadriga-Verlag, Berlin 1984, ISBN 3-88679-104-1 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Volker Skierka in the catalog of the German National Library
- Homepage of Volker Skierka
- Short biography and reviews of works by Volker Skierka at perlentaucher.de
- Volker Skierka in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Egon Erwin Kisch Prize: An overview of all winners , online at http://www.stern.de/unterhaltung/buecher/509895.html
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SURNAME | Skierka, Volker |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 21, 1952 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Rheinfelden (Baden) |