Wolf Donner (Author)

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Wolf Donner (born January 27, 1923 in Berlin ; † November 14, 2018 in Cologne ) was a German development worker and freelance writer .

Life

Wolf Donner attended elementary and secondary school in Berlin and Dessau . In the Second World War he was last corporal . After his return from captivity in 1946, he found employment in the chemical industry, initially as a simple worker. From 1947 to 1949 he completed an apprenticeship as an industrial clerk. A short interlude as a commercial clerk followed . From 1949 he studied economics , social policy and economic geography at the Humboldt University in East Berlin and at the Free University in West Berlin. In 1953 he graduated in economics , in 1959 he received his doctorate at the University of Cologne . After returning to work, Wolf Donner worked as a press officer at the North Rhine-Westphalian state association of the social association VdK Germany and as editor of association magazines. He later gave up this job to work in development policy, as a freelance journalist and in adult education. This has resulted in numerous trips since 1955.

Between 1966 and 1978 he lived and worked as a consultant for agricultural development planning in the service of the World Food Organization of the United Nations in Nepal , Thailand , Brazil and Haiti . He traveled to five continents.

Wolf Donner lived in Germany again in 1978 and worked mainly as a freelance writer. In addition, he continued to work at scientific institutes, reviewers and adult educators. From 1985 to 2004 he was editor-in-chief of the trade journal Nepal Information . From 1993 to 1999, Donner was also chairman of the German-Nepalese Society, of which he was appointed honorary chairman in 2005.

He lived with his wife Eka in Cologne and was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class . In November 2018 he died at the age of 95 in Cologne.

Fonts

  • The social and state-political activities of the war victims' associations. A contribution to the association discussion . Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1960.
  • Nepal. Space, people and economy . Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1972, ISBN 3-447-01390-7 .
  • The five faces of Thailand. An economic geography . C. Hurst & Comp., London 1978.
  • Haiti. Natural area potential and development . Erdmann, Tübingen 1980, ISBN 3-7711-0349-5 .
  • Habitat Thailand . German-Thai Society, Bonn 1983, ISBN 3-923387-07-5 .
  • Thailand without a temple. Life issues of a tropical country . RG Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1984; 2nd, updated edition 1989; 3rd, updated and expanded edition 1993, ISBN 3-89406-823-X .
  • Thailand. Spatial structures and development . Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1989.
  • Nepal. In the shadow of the Himalayas . CH Beck, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-406-33179-3 .
  • Habitat Nepal. A geography of development . Institute for Asian Studies, Hamburg 1994, ISBN 3-88910-126-7 .
  • Thailand. Land between tradition and modernity . CH Beck, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-406-39862-6 .
  • Prisoner in three continents. Memories of an ordinary soldier . Pro Business, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-934529-16-X .
  • with Eka Donner: Brasilia space station: memories of a city of the future . Pro Business, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-937343-91-1 .
  • Nepalese. People, cultures and the state between monsoon forest and mountain desert . Edition Kathmandu, Bergisch Gladbach 2008, ISBN 978-3-939834-01-4 .
  • To the forbidden land. Early travelers in Nepal . Pro Business, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86805-592-4 .
  • When Mustang was banned. A trip to Nepal in 1968 . Pro Business, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-86386-093-6 .
  • I will show you the world. The life of Wolf and Eka Donner . Pro Business, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-86386-636-5 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wolf Donner's obituary notice. November 17, 2018, accessed November 17, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Thunder, wolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German development worker, freelance journalist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 27, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH November 14, 2018
Place of death Cologne