Wolfgang Günter Lerch

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Wolfgang Günter Lerch (born March 21, 1946 in Friedberg ) is a German journalist , orientalist and author .

Live and act

Wolfgang Günter Lerch passed his Abitur at the Free Waldorf School in Stuttgart and then studied German , Islamic studies , philosophy and religious studies at the universities of Freiburg and Tübingen . He wrote his master's thesis on a topic from Persian mysticism with Josef van Ess .

In 1978 he started working in the newsroom of the FAZ , where he worked as an editor and travel correspondent. He writes about the political events and social conditions in North Africa and the Middle East , which he studied on several trips, especially to Turkey , Iran , Iraq and Syria . He has been a retired freelance writer since 2012.

Wolfgang Günter Lerch also deals with Turkish literature and historical musicology . In 1997 his historical novel Death in Baghdad was published . In 2003 his translations of Turkish poetry became Osman's Lute. Turkish literature published in the 20th century .

Fonts

  • The Gulf War. Events, characters, backgrounds. Piper, Munich, Zurich 1988, ISBN 3-492-10956-X .
  • Turkey. Where Noah's ark landed. Fifteen reports. Photographed by Hermann Dornhege, Keyser, Munich 1988, ISBN 3-87405-192-7 .
  • No peace for the people of Allah. The wars in the Gulf. History, creation, consequences. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1991, ISBN 3-10-043809-4 .
  • Crescent moon, cross and star of David. Nationalities and Religions in the Near and Middle East. Eichborn, Frankfurt am Main 1992, ISBN 3-8218-1135-8 .
  • Jerusalem. City of the world religions. Photographed by Hermann Dornhege. Foreword by Shalom Ben-Chorin . Benziger, Zurich 1992, ISBN 3-545-34107-0 .
  • Istanbul. Why Byzantium is no longer called Constantinople. Photographed by Hermann Dornhege. Benziger, Zurich 1995, ISBN 3-545-33140-7 .
  • Focus on the Middle East. The long road to peace. Koehler & Amelang, Munich / Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-7338-0207-1 .
  • Death in Baghdad or the life and death of Al-Hallaj. Historical novel. Artemis and Winkler, Düsseldorf, Zurich 1997, ISBN 3-538-07050-4 .
  • with Joachim Willeitner, Hans-Joachim Budeit: Turkey. From antiquity to Islam. Hirmer, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-7774-7950-0 (new: ISBN 3-7774-7955-1 ).
  • Muhammad's heirs. The unknown diversity of Islam. Patmos, Düsseldorf 1999, ISBN 3-491-72410-4 .
  • Thinker of the prophet. The philosophy of Islam. Patmos, Düsseldorf 2000, ISBN 3-491-72429-5 .
  • The Caucasus. Nationalities, religions and major powers in conflict. Europe, Hamburg, Vienna 2000, ISBN 3-203-79530-2 .
  • Osman's lute. Turkish literature in the 20th century. Allitera, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-935877-86-2 .
  • Traders, mullahs, autocrats. From the lands of Islam. Allitera, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-86520-017-6 .
  • Islam in modern times. Aspects of a world religion. Allitera, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-86520-056-7 .
  • Between steppe and garden. Turkish literature from a thousand years. Allitera, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-86520-324-3 .
  • Like a pearl in the ocean. Turkish culture and literature in Central Asia. Allitera, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-86906-148-1 .
  • Poetry and history. About the Turkish poet Yahya Kemal Beyatli. Allitera. Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-86906-500-7 .
  • (Ed.): Arabellion. The awakening of the Arab world. e-book. Frankfurter Allgemeine Buch, Frankfurt am Main 2012, ISBN 978-3-89843-162-0 .
  • The treasure of the Garamanten or Reisiger's dream. A novel from the desert. Noack & Block, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-86813-020-1 .
  • The Medschnun from the Odenwald. A German-Turkish novel. Noack & Block, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-86813-021-8 .
  • The worlds of Islam. A culture between change and persistence. Frank & Timme, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-7329-0117-3 .
  • The exile from Famagusta. The life of the Turkish poet Namik Kemal. Biographical novel. Noack & Block, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-86813-030-0 .
  • My orient. Encounters with Eastern and Western countries. Frank & Timme, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-7329-0305-4 .
  • Encounters with Turkey. History, culture, politics. Frank & Timme, Berlin 2019, ISBN 978-3-7329-0538-6 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ About the author on the Frank & Timme publisher's website
personal data
SURNAME Lerch, Wolfgang Günter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist, orientalist and author
DATE OF BIRTH March 21, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Friedberg