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Karasek was born in the capital city of [[Moravia]], [[Brno]] ({{lang-de|Brünn}}), which was then a part of [[Czechoslovakia]] (nowadays of the Czech Republic). Karasek attended the [[National Political Institutes of Education]] in [[Lubliniec|Loben]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.spiegel.de/geschichte/napolas-im-dritten-reich-hitlers-brutale-kaderschmieden-a-951094.html|title=Napolas im "Dritten Reich": Hitlers brutale Kaderschmieden - DER SPIEGEL - Geschichte|first=Thomas |
Karasek was born in the capital city of [[Moravia]], [[Brno]] ({{lang-de|Brünn}}), which was then a part of [[Czechoslovakia]] (nowadays of the Czech Republic). Karasek attended the [[National Political Institutes of Education]] in [[Lubliniec|Loben]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.spiegel.de/geschichte/napolas-im-dritten-reich-hitlers-brutale-kaderschmieden-a-951094.html |title=Napolas im "Dritten Reich": Hitlers brutale Kaderschmieden - DER SPIEGEL - Geschichte |first=Thomas |last=Fritz |website=www.spiegel.de}}</ref> In 1944, when he was ten, his family [[Flight and expulsion of Germans from Poland during and after World War II|fled]] from [[Bielsko|Bielitz]] (today Bielsko in Poland) in the neighbouring German region of [[Silesia]] to [[Bernburg]] in [[Saxony-Anhalt]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.perlentaucher.de/buch/hellmuth-karasek/auf-der-flucht.html|title=Hellmuth Karasek: Auf der Flucht. Erinnerungen|website=www.perlentaucher.de}}</ref> After finishing his schooling in the early 1950s he moved from there—then part of [[East Germany]]—to [[West Germany]] and became a student at the [[University of Tübingen]], where he studied History, German and English language and literature.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/literatur/hellmuth-karasek-ist-tot-literaturkritiker-und-schriftsteller-gestorben-a-1055369.html|title=Hellmuth Karasek ist tot: Literaturkritiker und Schriftsteller gestorben - DER SPIEGEL - Kultur|first=DER|last=SPIEGEL|website=www.spiegel.de}}</ref> |
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After his graduation Karasek started working as a journalist, and in 1968 became the theatre critic of the weekly newspaper ''[[Die Zeit]]''. From 1974 until 1996 he wrote for the news magazine ''[[Der Spiegel]]'', where he worked as the chief editor of the feuilleton. After his retirement from ''The Spiegel'' he wrote a novel named ''Das Magazin'' in which he criticised ''Der Spiegel''. He also worked in later years for newspapers like ''[[Die Welt]]'', ''[[Bild]]'', ''[[Berliner Morgenpost]]'' and ''[[Der Tagesspiegel]]''. He also wrote more than 20 books about his own life or literature and film, including monographs about [[Max Frisch]], [[Bertolt Brecht]] and his close friend [[Billy Wilder]]. Other projects included three plays under the nom de plume Daniel Doppler and a translation of [[Raymond Chandler]]'s [[The Lady in the Lake]]. In 1999, he was a member of the jury at the [[49th Berlin International Film Festival]].<ref name="Berlinale">{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1999/04_jury_1999/04_Jury_1999.html |title=Berlinale: 1999 Juries |accessdate=2012-01-28 |work=berlinale.de}}</ref> |
After his graduation Karasek started working as a journalist, and in 1968 became the theatre critic of the weekly newspaper ''[[Die Zeit]]''. From 1974 until 1996 he wrote for the news magazine ''[[Der Spiegel]]'', where he worked as the chief editor of the feuilleton. After his retirement from ''The Spiegel'' he wrote a novel named ''Das Magazin'' in which he criticised ''Der Spiegel''. He also worked in later years for newspapers like ''[[Die Welt]]'', ''[[Bild]]'', ''[[Berliner Morgenpost]]'' and ''[[Der Tagesspiegel]]''. He also wrote more than 20 books about his own life or literature and film, including monographs about [[Max Frisch]], [[Bertolt Brecht]] and his close friend [[Billy Wilder]]. Other projects included three plays under the nom de plume Daniel Doppler and a translation of [[Raymond Chandler]]'s [[The Lady in the Lake]]. In 1999, he was a member of the jury at the [[49th Berlin International Film Festival]].<ref name="Berlinale">{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1999/04_jury_1999/04_Jury_1999.html |title=Berlinale: 1999 Juries |accessdate=2012-01-28 |work=berlinale.de}}</ref> |
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Hellmuth Karasek | |
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Born | 4 January 1934 |
Died | 29 September 2015 Hamburg, Germany | (aged 81)
Occupation(s) | Journalist, author |
Years active | 1965–2015 |
Hellmuth Karasek (4 January 1934 – 29 September 2015) was a German journalist, literary critic, novelist and the author of many books on literature and film. He was one of Germany's best-known feuilletonists.[1]
Life
Karasek was born in the capital city of Moravia, Brno (Template:Lang-de), which was then a part of Czechoslovakia (nowadays of the Czech Republic). Karasek attended the National Political Institutes of Education in Loben.[2] In 1944, when he was ten, his family fled from Bielitz (today Bielsko in Poland) in the neighbouring German region of Silesia to Bernburg in Saxony-Anhalt.[3] After finishing his schooling in the early 1950s he moved from there—then part of East Germany—to West Germany and became a student at the University of Tübingen, where he studied History, German and English language and literature.[4]
After his graduation Karasek started working as a journalist, and in 1968 became the theatre critic of the weekly newspaper Die Zeit. From 1974 until 1996 he wrote for the news magazine Der Spiegel, where he worked as the chief editor of the feuilleton. After his retirement from The Spiegel he wrote a novel named Das Magazin in which he criticised Der Spiegel. He also worked in later years for newspapers like Die Welt, Bild, Berliner Morgenpost and Der Tagesspiegel. He also wrote more than 20 books about his own life or literature and film, including monographs about Max Frisch, Bertolt Brecht and his close friend Billy Wilder. Other projects included three plays under the nom de plume Daniel Doppler and a translation of Raymond Chandler's The Lady in the Lake. In 1999, he was a member of the jury at the 49th Berlin International Film Festival.[5]
Karasek was best known as one of the permanent members of the TV-literature review show Das Literarische Quartett , together with literary critic Marcel Reich-Ranicki, between 1988 and 2001. He also frequently appeared on other German television shows, for example in quiz shows like Die 5-Millionen-SKL-Show.[6]
Select bibliography
- Carl Sternheim (1965)
- Max Frisch (1966)
- Deutschland, deine Dichter (1970)
- Brecht, der jüngste Fall eines Klassikers (1978)
- Billy Wilder (1992)
- Mein Kino (a personal list of the 100 best movies ever) (1994)
- Go West! (about the 1950s) (1996)
- Hand in Handy (about the mobile phone craze) (1997)
- Das Magazin (novel, 1998)
- Betrug (novel, 2001)
- Karambolagen. Begegnungen mit Zeitgenossen (2002)
- Auf der Flucht (memoir, 2004)
References
- ^ Hugendick, David (September 30, 2015). "Hellmuth Karasek: Der große Schwärmer" – via Die Zeit.
- ^ Fritz, Thomas. "Napolas im "Dritten Reich": Hitlers brutale Kaderschmieden - DER SPIEGEL - Geschichte". www.spiegel.de.
- ^ "Hellmuth Karasek: Auf der Flucht. Erinnerungen". www.perlentaucher.de.
- ^ SPIEGEL, DER. "Hellmuth Karasek ist tot: Literaturkritiker und Schriftsteller gestorben - DER SPIEGEL - Kultur". www.spiegel.de.
- ^ "Berlinale: 1999 Juries". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2012-01-28.
- ^ "Hellmuth Karasek - mehr Liebhaber als Papst". www.ndr.de.
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- 1934 births
- 2015 deaths
- People from Brno
- 20th-century German novelists
- 21st-century German novelists
- Czechoslovak people of German descent
- German journalists
- German male novelists
- German male journalists
- Moravian-German people
- Naturalized citizens of Germany
- University of Tübingen alumni
- 20th-century German male writers
- 21st-century male writers
- Der Spiegel people
- ZDF people
- Die Welt people
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