Wolfgang Korn

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Wolfgang Korn (2011)

Wolfgang Korn (born August 10, 1958 in Lünen ) is a German journalist and non-fiction author of books on archaeological , historical and economic topics.

Life

Wolfgang Korn was born in 1958 and grew up in Lünen in the Ruhr area. He studied history and political science in Berlin. At the same time he was active as a squatter in Kreuzberg for several years. After completing his studies, he first worked as a construction assistant, cook and in a junk shop before completing a journalism course in Tübingen.

Korn worked as an editor in the press office of the University of Tübingen , then as press spokesman for the University of Stuttgart and for the party Die Grünen , before working as a freelance science journalist for the publications Die Zeit , Weltwoche, NZZ , Bild der Wissenschaft and Geo since 1992 worked.

Wolfgang Korn worked in the press office of the University of Tübingen in 1990, when its scientists began excavations in Troy . In the following time he reported as a freelance knowledge author on these and other excavations around the Mediterranean, in the Near and Far East and in Central America, first for newspapers and magazines, then in non-fiction books. He became known for his narrative books for young people on archaeological and social topics.

Book cover of the Chinese edition of "A Fleece Vest's World Tour"

Awards

  • 2009 Science Book of the Year in Austria in the “Junior Knowledge” category for the youth non-fiction book Die Weltreise einer Fleeceweste
  • 2009 nomination for the Gustav Heinemann Peace Prize for children's and youth books for the youth non-fiction book Die Weltreise einer Fleeceweste
  • 2009 German Youth Literature Prize in the category “Non-fiction” for the youth non-fiction book Das Rätsel der Varusschlacht
  • 2018 EMYS non-fiction book prize from WIS-Potsdam for the youth biography Karl Marx - a radical thinker
  • 2019 Heinrich Wolgast Prize of the GEW for the narrative non-fiction book Run for Your Life - the world tour of sneakers .

Publications

  • Karl Marx - a radical thinker . Hanser-Verlag, Munich 2018. ISBN 978-3-446-25870-9 .
  • Nordic myths - warring gods, legendary places, tragic heroes . Fackelträger-Verlag, Cologne 2016. ISBN 978-3-7716-4680-6 .
  • (together with Ulli Kulke) Sea habitat - people, coasts, trade routes . Fackelträger-Verlag, Cologne 2015. ISBN 978-3-7716-4597-7 .
  • The great book of archeology - Among treasure hunters, daring researchers and world interpreters . Fackelträger-Verlag, Cologne 2014. ISBN 978-3-7716-4569-4 .
  • The secrets of Troy , with illustrations by Klaus Ensikat . Boje Verlag, Cologne 2013, ISBN 978-3-414-82340-3 .
  • Do you have to win every look duel? Wrong times for real guys series Schubumkehr, Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2013. ISBN 978-3-7322-6346-2 .
  • About the lust for obstinacy - 11 uncomfortable Germans who made history . Theiss-Verlag, Stuttgart 2012. ISBN 978-3-8062-2477-1 .
  • What is normal? Why all people are the same and yet different . Bloomsbury Children's and Young People's Books, Berlin 2011. ISBN 978-3-8270-5467-8 .
  • Ancient Egypt - a mysterious land on the Nile . Gerstenberg-Verlag, Hildesheim 2010. ISBN 978-3-8369-5567-6 .
  • And tomorrow a star - a little story about the big media world . Bloomsbury Children's and Young People's Books, Berlin 2010. ISBN 978-3-8270-5389-3 .
  • Rails for the Sultan - The Baghdad Railway . Fackelträger-Verlag, Cologne 2009. ISBN 978-3-7716-4380-5 .
  • The riddle of the Varus Battle - archaeologists on the trail of the lost legions . Fackelträger-Verlag, Cologne 2008. ISBN 978-3-7716-4379-9
  • The world tour of a fleece vest - a little story about the great globalization . Bloomsbury Children's and Young People's Books, Berlin 2008. ISBN 978-3-8270-5292-6 .
  • Detectives of the past - expeditions into the world of archeology . Bloomsbury books for children and young people, Berlin 2007. ISBN 3-8270-5168-1 .
  • Our story - from prehistoric times to the Middle Ages . Theiss, Stuttgart 2006. ISBN 3-8062-1998-2 .
  • Megalithic cultures - enigmatic monuments of the Stone Age . Theiss, Stuttgart 2005. ISBN 3-8062-1553-7 .
  • Mesopotamia - cradle of civilization . Theiss, Stuttgart 2004. ISBN 3-8062-1851-X .
  • 50 classics - archeology. The most important sites and excavation sites , Gerstenberg, Hildesheim 2003. ISBN 3-8067-2535-7 .
  • Run for your life! The world tour of sneakers , with illustrations by Birgit Jansen, Munich: Hanser, Carl, 2019, ISBN 978-3-446-26217-1 and ISBN 3-446-26217-2

literature

  • Maike Jacobs: He writes for a better world ... , in: Neue Presse from January 29, 2019, p. 28

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maike Jacobs: He writes for a better world ... , in: [[Neue Presse (Hannover) |]] from January 29, 2019, p. 28
  2. ↑ www.3sat.de/webtv: Interview with Wolfgang Korn
  3. ↑ www.3sat.de: Profile Wolfgang Korn
  4. ↑ boedecker-kreis.de: biography of Wolfgang Korn
  5. ↑ haz.de: Der Welterklärer , January 15, 2009
  6. ↑ https://www.wis-potsdam.de/de/emys-preistraeger-monat/karl-marx-radikaler-denker
  7. ↑ https://www.gew.de/aktuelles/detailseite/neuheiten/heinrich-wolgast-preis-fuer-jugendbuch-von-wolfgang-korn/
personal data
SURNAME Korn, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and non-fiction author
DATE OF BIRTH August 10, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Luenen