Walter Wolf (journalist, 1953)

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Walter Wolf with son and daughter in 1987
Walter Wolf and Helmut Horn at the IAA in FFM 2013

Walter Wolf (born March 1, 1953 in Riedstadt , Hessen ) is a German journalist and photographer specializing in automotive technology and history. He publishes in car magazines in Germany , the Netherlands , Switzerland , Austria , Great Britain , Sweden and Finland . He runs his own publishing house, in which, in addition to automotive topics, he also publishes dialect and a scientific series.

Life

After graduating from high school in Gernsheim in 1972 , Walter Wolf studied German and politics at the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main and the Philipps University in Marburg . In 1978 he completed his studies with the state examination in Frankfurt. From 1978 to 1980 he was DAAD lecturer at the University of Jyväskylä , Finland. From 1980 to 1985, he worked as a research assistant at the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main. In addition, from 1984 to 1985, Wolf was a member of the editorial board of the newsletter of the Medievalist Association. In 1986 he left the scientific community and worked until 1991 as an editor at VF-Verlag for the publications Oldtimer Markt and Oldtimer Praxis .

He then went into business for himself and has been working as a freelance writer, photographer and entrepreneur ever since. In 1992 he founded Autovision-Verlag, Hamburg, with two other colleagues in the industry. In 1997 he left the company and founded Walter Wolf-Verlag in 1997, for which he works as managing director and author.

Together with his father Günther Wolf, Walter Wolf has been publishing the Riedstadt dictionaries since 2002. The publishing program also includes a scientific series with a focus on Georg Büchner , who was born in Riedstadt-Goddelau .

Walter Wolf has been married to Camilla Wolf from Finland since 1975 and has a son and a daughter. He won the Leica Photography Prize in 1982 and lives in Riedstadt.

Publications

  • The GTI meeting in Reifnitz / Maria Wörth . The first thirty years. Verlag Helmut Horn, Munich, 1st edition. 2011, ISBN 978-3-928593-10-6 .
  • Walter Wolf with D. Günther: The large humpback Volvo book . Heel-Verlag, 1990, ISBN 3-89365-220-5 .
  • Walter Wolf with D. Günther: The Great Opel GT Book . Heel-Verlag, 1988, ISBN 3-922858-32-5 .
  • Walter Wolf (Author): The Great Ford Capri Book . Heel-Verlag, Reprint 2013, ISBN 978-3-86852-823-7 .
  • Walter Wolf (Author): The great tuners . Oettinger, Heel-Verlag, 1990, ISBN 3-89365-217-5 .
  • Walter Wolf with D. Günther: Volvo: The P120 models . Autovision-Verlag, Hamburg 1991, ISBN 3-9802766-1-9 .
  • Rob (ert) de la Rive Box (author), Walter Wolf (translator): May it be a Ferrari . Hamburg 1993, ISBN 3-9802766-3-5 .
  • Walter Wolf (Author): VW Scirocco. 2nd Edition. Autovision-Verlag, Hamburg, 1995, ISBN 3-9802766-0-0 .
  • Iva Maasing (author), Walter Wolf (translator): My humpback Volvo . Walter Wolf-Verlag, 2000, ISBN 3-934820-02-6 .
  • Assar Gabrielsson / Gustaf Larson (authors), Walter Wolf (translator): The Volvo salesman's handbook from 1936 . Walter Wolf-Verlag, limited, in a slipcase, 2000, ISBN 3-934820-01-8 .
  • Bertil Hälleby (author), Walter Wolf (translator): The history of the origins of the Swedish automotive industry. Volvo's story up to PV 444 . Walter Wolf-Verlag, 2000, ISBN 3-934820-00-X .
  • Swedish-German automotive dictionary . POD. Walter Wolf-Verlag from 2000.
  • Motor vehicle technical dictionary German-Swedish . POD. Walter Wolf-Verlag from 2000.
  • Walter Wolf with D. Günther: Hebmüller . Autovision-Verlag, 2000, ISBN 3-9805832-5-2 .
  • Iva Maasing (author), Walter Wolf (translator): My Volvo Amazon and P1800 . Walter Wolf-Verlag, German edition, 2001, ISBN 3-934820-03-4 ; bilingual edition, 2014, ISBN 978-3-934820-03-6 .
  • Günter Wolf (author), Walter Wolf (author and illustrator): Kumm I mean net, kumm I moije! Riedstadt dictionary volume 1. Eh Büschelsche fer Crumschder, Erweller, Goller, Leehmer and Wolfskäler - not them, this still soin! Walter Wolf-Verlag, Riedstadt, 2002 and 2005, ISBN 3-934820-06-9 .
  • Günter Wolf (author), Walter Wolf (author and illustrator): honked like duped! Riedstadt Dictionary Volume 2. Eh Büschelsche fer Crumschder, Erweller, Goller, Leehmer and Wolfskäler - not them, this still soin! Walter Wolf-Verlag, Riedstadt, 2003, ISBN 3-934820-09-3 .
  • Hilding Fagerberg (author), Walter Wolf (translator): With the Volvo to Canaan . Walter Wolf-Verlag, 2003, ISBN 3-934820-07-7 .
  • Iva Maasing (author), Walter Wolf (translator): My Volvo PV544 . Walter Wolf-Verlag, 2004, ISBN 3-934820-08-5 .
  • Walter Wolf (author and illustrator): Data manual Classic Volvos. 1946 to 1993. PV 60, 830, Buckel, Amazon, P 1800, P 1900, 140/164/240/260 . Walter Wolf-Verlag, 2004, ISBN 3-934820-11-5 .
  • Jan Hökerberg (author), Walter Wolf (translator): The fight for Volvo . Walter Wolf-Verlag, 2005, ISBN 3-934820-12-3 .
  • Walter Wolf (translator): With Volvo through the fifties. The best of ten years of the Volvo customer magazine “Das Lenkrad” (Ratten) . Walter Wolf-Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-934820-14-2 .
  • Sven A Hansson (author), Walter Wolf (translator): My Saab 92 and 93 two-stroke . Bilingual edition. Walter Wolf-Verlag, 2010, ISBN 978-3-934820-22-7 .
  • Walter Wolf with D. Günther: Volvo P1800. Sporty elegance from Sweden . Autovision-Verlag, 1998, ISBN 3-9805832-2-8 .
  • Walter Wolf (Author): Passion for collecting. The Volvo classics . Walter Wolf-Verlag, 2015. ISBN 978-3-934820-20-3
  • Hans-Christian Herrmann and Walter Wolf: Volvo P240 and P260 in Germany . 2018. ISBN 978-3-934820-28-9
  • Walter Wolf among others: Open the hood! Riedstadt 2018. ISBN 978-3-934820-04-3
  • Walter Wolf (Author): The Great Ford Capri Book . Heel-Verlag, Reprint 2018
  • Iva Maasing (Author), Walter Wolf (Editor): Hur jag får ut mest av Min Volvo PV544 . (Swedish) Walter Wolf-Verlag, 2018

Web links

Commons : Walter Wolf  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Brief CV on Walter Wolf's website
  2. ↑ Logo conception by Walter Wolf
personal data
SURNAME Wolf, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German specialist journalist and photographer
DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Riedstadt