Thomas Kielinger

Thomas Kiel Inger (* July 1940 in Danzig) is a journalist and author. Since 1998 he has worked as a correspondent in the world in London.

Life

Kiel Inger was born in 1940 as the last of six children in Danzig (today Gdańsk). He studied at the Universities of Münster and Bochum English, German and Philosophy ( MA in German Studies ) and at University College, Cardiff, Wales, where he spent three years as a lecturer at the German Department.

In February 1971 Kiel Inger joined as a literary critic in the arts section editors of the German national daily newspaper Die Welt a. The leaf sent him in 1977 with the beginning of the term of President Jimmy Carter as U.S. correspondent to Washington, DC, where he worked until the end of the first term of Ronald Reagan.

Returned in 1985, he became chief editor of the weekly newspaper Rheinische Merkur until 1994 he independently came to prominence as an author and consultant for political foundations.

He joined The World in 1998 again, this time as a correspondent in London.

Kielinger belonged for several years to the jury the Theodor Wolff Prize and the Steering Committee of the German - English King Winter Conference. He is a regular contributor to the BBC and other British and German media.

Several books attest to his lifelong interest in German -British subjects. After " The intersection and the roundabout - German and British in the center of European history" ( Bouvier, 1997; well as in English: "Crossroads and Roundabouts " ), was published in 2009 his international portrait 'Great Britain', in CH Beck series " The Germans and their neighbors " ( ed. by Richard von Weizsäcker and Chancellor Helmut Schmidt ). 2011 was followed by a biography, " Elizabeth II - The Life of the Queen" ( also by CH Beck, 3rd edition 2012), which was among others also honored in the Times Literary Supplement.

Awards

  • 2001: Federal Cross of Merit, First Class
  • 1995: Honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire ( OBE)
  • 1993: Fellow at the School of Journalism, Cardiff
  • 1990: Carlo Schmid Award, along with Gerhard von Glinski, "for an exemplary guided controversy on the question of the future German capital. "
  • 1984: Theodor Wolff Prize, for a report from America

Writings

  • " Elizabeth II: the life of the Queen", CH Beck 2011, ISBN 978-3-406-62360-8
  • "Great Britain ", CH Beck 2009, ISBN 978-3-406-57849-6
  • " The intersection and the roundabout: German and British in the center of European history," Bouvier 1997, ISBN 3-416-02668-3
  • "Crossroads and roundabouts: junctions in German - British relations" ( English), Bouvier 1997, ISBN 3-416-02668-3
  • " Orpheus in the Intercity: poems and essay ," Neske Stuttgart 1991, ISBN 3-7885-0342-4
  • " In the wake of Freedom: Essays in Politics and Culture ," Bouvier 1991, ISBN 3-416-02316-1
  • " What to do with Germany: Combines on the threshold of a difficult decade," (ed.) Bouvier, 1991, ISBN 3-416-02309-9
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