Wolfgang Koydl

Wolfgang Koydl (* 1952 in Tübingen) is a German journalist and author .

After studying at the German School of Journalism , he first wrote for the Münchner Merkur . This was followed by positions at the BBC , the Washington Post and as head of foreign affairs at the Vienna daily Die Presse . He was a correspondent in Cairo and Moscow for the German Press Agency (dpa) . From 1996 he wrote for the Süddeutsche Zeitung and reported first from Istanbul, from 2000 from Washington, from 2005 from London and from 2011 from Zurich. From 2014 to 2018 he was editor of Weltwoche in Zurich for reports and portraits from Switzerland as well as reports from abroad.

His book "Die Besserkönner" topped the bestseller lists in Switzerland in spring 2014 and brought him media celebrities in the country.

Publications

• Instructions for use for Egypt . Piper, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-492-03316-4
• The prophet's beard. Hairy stories from Istanbul . Picus, Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-85452-710-1
• Praise be to the Holy State. Turkish tragic comedies . Picus, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-85452-740-3
• John Kerry. A new policy of the world power USA? Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2004, ISBN 3-596-16605-5
• Fish and Fritz. As a German on the island . Ullstein, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-548-37256-3
• Instructions for use for Germany . Piper, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-492-27595-8
• Brit please! New adventures on the island . Ullstein, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-548-28176-6
• Yucatan. Curious place names and their stories . Carlson, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-551-68456-1
• The main thing is secondary. A brief history of useless knowledge . Ullstein, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-548-37355-3
• Who invented it? Among the Swiss . Ullstein, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-548-37356-0
• 33 things you should definitely have done in Switzerland. A Teutonic self-experiment . Orell Füssli, Zurich 2013, ISBN 978-3-280-05494-9
• The better ones. What makes Switzerland so special . Orell Füssli, Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3-280-05523-6
• The improvers. Switzerland can do better . Orell Füssli, Zurich 2016, ISBN 978-3-280-05604-2

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Weltwoche: bestselling author Wolfgang Koydl becomes the new editor. in person, accessed on July 14, 2014 . 
2. ↑ Best-selling author becomes new editor , nzz.ch, March 26, 2014.

Web links

• Literature by and about Wolfgang Koydl in the catalog of the German National Library
• "You are at home everywhere and nowhere" - Interview with Koydl about his experiences as a foreign correspondent (published in the intercultural magazine "unique", issue 64)
• Urs Rauber : In love with the special Swiss case. In: NZZ on Sunday 23 February 2014