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== Uwe George == |
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'''Uwe George''' (born April 1, 1940, in [[Kiel]], Germany) is a prize-winning [[Germans|German]] [[documentary film]] maker, science editor and writer. |
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In the 1960s, he studied birds in the [[Sahara Desert]] and wrote several [[ornithology]] articles on the nesting behavior and breeding biology of desert birds. |
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'''Uwe George''' is a prize-winning German journalist, author and researcher, born in Kiel, Germany on April 1st, 1940. |
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George learned the trade of [[cameraman]] at [[Norddeutscher Rundfunk|North German Broadcasting]], a public institution based in [[Hamburg]], and won the 1970 [[Adolf Grimme Award]] for a television documentary on the Sahara. He produced another fifteen documentaries on the scientific study of [[desert]]s and the [[ecology]] of [[tropical rain forest]]s. |
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In the sixties, George performed lengthy research in the Saharan [[Desert ]] as an ornithologist, writing several publications on the special breeding biology of desert birds. |
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His first book was published in 1976 with 114 illustrations, |
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1967 he learned the trade of cameraman in the NDR, (''Nord-Deutsche Rundfunk'' - North-German Broadcasting Service) and won the [[Adolf-Grimme-Prize]] for a television documentation on the [[Sahara]] in 1970. |
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''In den Wüsten dieser Erde'' ([[Hoffmann und Campe]], 1976).<!-- maybe cite the German catalog "authority" PND, Treffer 15 to 17 |
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Its first [[English language]] edition was published in the United States next year, translated by [[Richard and Clara Winston]], ''In the Deserts of this World'' (Harcourt Brace, 1977).<!-- maybe cite the same catalog |
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That work was recognized by the U.S. [[National Book Award]][[List of winners of the National Book Award#Translation|in category Translation]].<ref name=nba1978> |
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[https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-1978 "National Book Awards – 1978"]. [[National Book Foundation]]. Retrieved 2012-03-10. <br>As of 2012-03-11, NBF lists a spurious Translation winner followed by all five finalists including the true winner. The spurious winner, Nemerov's translation of George, conflates the Poetry winner (immediately above) and the Translation winner.</ref> |
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Beginning in 1976, George worked for the German periodical ''[[GEO (magazine)|GEO]]'', first as a free-lance writer<!-- was "as a free employee" ; de "freier Mitarbeiter" and "Mitarbeiter fester" |
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He produced another 15 documentary movies about desert research and the ecology of the [[tropical rain forest]]. 1976 came the first book publication. In 1977, George received the [[National Book Award]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_winners_of_the_National_Book_Award] for a book publication in the USA ("''In the Deserts of This Earth''"). From 1976 on, he worked as a free employee for the German Magazine "GEO". |
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and since 1979 as a full-time employee: science editor, photographer, and [[:wikt:expedition|expedition]] leader. He is the author of numerous books and has won several awards for photography.<!-- de: Goldmedaillen Photography |
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He won the Academy of Geoscience prize for journalists in 1993 and is honorary member of the Frankfurt Geographical Society since 1998. George won the annual Inge and Werner Grüter Award for science journalism in 2000, which cited "his outstanding contributions to the dissemination of scientific knowledge about desert research, botany, paleontology and evolution."<ref> |
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[http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?rurl=translate.google.com&sl=de&tl=en&u=http://www.uni-protokolle.de/nachrichten/id/63388/&usg=ALkJrhgEQLMa2Td5yBNMhcS66RmSnNkJdw "Inge and Werner Grüter Award for outstanding science journalism awards Uwe George"]([[Google Translate]] rendering of source referenced at [[German Wikipedia]]). Retrieved 2012-03-11.</ref> |
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== References == |
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* [http://4-seasons.de/printausgabe/ausgabe-02-2001 ''4-Seasons'', Ausgabe #02, 2001]. "Interview: Uwe George" —no longer included in the free archive 2012-08-11. |
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Employed at "GEO" on a regular basis since 1979, as science editor, photographer and expedition officer, George has been the author of numerous books and won several gold medals for photography. 1993 he was awarded the Journalist Prize of the "Akademie für Geowissenschaften" (Academy for Geoscience). He is honorary member of the Geographische Gesellschaft (Geographical Society) since 1998, winning the [[Werner-Grüter-Prize]] for scientific journalism in 2000. |
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[[Category:German documentary filmmakers]] |
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[[Category:Mass media people from Kiel]] |
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[[Category:Film people from Schleswig-Holstein]] |
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Uwe George (born April 1, 1940, in Kiel, Germany) is a prize-winning German documentary film maker, science editor and writer.
In the 1960s, he studied birds in the Sahara Desert and wrote several ornithology articles on the nesting behavior and breeding biology of desert birds.
George learned the trade of cameraman at North German Broadcasting, a public institution based in Hamburg, and won the 1970 Adolf Grimme Award for a television documentary on the Sahara. He produced another fifteen documentaries on the scientific study of deserts and the ecology of tropical rain forests.
His first book was published in 1976 with 114 illustrations, In den Wüsten dieser Erde (Hoffmann und Campe, 1976). Its first English language edition was published in the United States next year, translated by Richard and Clara Winston, In the Deserts of this World (Harcourt Brace, 1977). That work was recognized by the U.S. National Book Awardin category Translation.[1]
Beginning in 1976, George worked for the German periodical GEO, first as a free-lance writer and since 1979 as a full-time employee: science editor, photographer, and expedition leader. He is the author of numerous books and has won several awards for photography. He won the Academy of Geoscience prize for journalists in 1993 and is honorary member of the Frankfurt Geographical Society since 1998. George won the annual Inge and Werner Grüter Award for science journalism in 2000, which cited "his outstanding contributions to the dissemination of scientific knowledge about desert research, botany, paleontology and evolution."[2]
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"National Book Awards – 1978". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-03-10.
As of 2012-03-11, NBF lists a spurious Translation winner followed by all five finalists including the true winner. The spurious winner, Nemerov's translation of George, conflates the Poetry winner (immediately above) and the Translation winner. - ^ "Inge and Werner Grüter Award for outstanding science journalism awards Uwe George"(Google Translate rendering of source referenced at German Wikipedia). Retrieved 2012-03-11.
- 4-Seasons, Ausgabe #02, 2001. "Interview: Uwe George" —no longer included in the free archive 2012-08-11.
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