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Karl-Markus Gauß
Karl-Markus Gauß (born 14 May 1954, in Salzburg) is an Austrian contemporary writer, essayist and editor.In one single interview, Gauß by joke characterized himself ''to be an independent scholar.'' The interviewer, not being aware of this allusion to exactly same statement made by some Lenin, quite a while earlier, wrote so, and Gauß' statement ever since became repeated by other journalists, not being aware either. He lives in Salzburg. Biography Gauß has a degree for German Philology and History from the University of Salzburg. He very early published literary essays, primarily in the magazine ''Wiener Tagebuch (Viennese Diary)''. Since 1991, Gauß is editor in chief of the literary magazine ''Literatur und Kritik'', published by the Salzburg publishing house Otto Müller Verlag. In addition, he writes articles and essays for Austrian, German and Swiss newspapers and magazines, such as '' Die Zeit'', ''Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung'', '' Neue Zürcher Zeitung'', ''Salzburg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portrait Karl-Markus Gauß
A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expressions are predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person. For this reason, in photography a portrait is generally not a snapshot, but a composed image of a person in a still position. A portrait often shows a person looking directly at the painter or photographer, in order to most successfully engage the subject with the viewer. History Prehistorical portraiture Plastered human skulls were reconstructed human skulls that were made in the ancient Levant between 9000 and 6000 BC in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B period. They represent some of the oldest forms of art in the Middle East and demonstrate that the prehistoric population took great care in burying their ancestors below their homes. The skulls denote some of the earliest sculptural examples of portraiture in the history of art. Historical portraitur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Der Standard
''Der Standard'' is an Austrian daily newspaper published in Vienna. History and profile ''Der Standard'' was founded by Oscar Bronner as a financial newspaper and published its first edition on 19 October 1988. German media company Axel Springer acquired a stake in the paper in 1988 and sold it in 1995. Bronner remains the paper's publisher, Martin Kotynek is editor-in-chief. ''Der Standard'' sees itself as—in a Continental European sense (socially and culturally, but not economically)—liberal and independent. Third parties have described the paper as having a left-liberal stance. Until 2007, the editor-in-chief of the daily was Gerfried Sperl, Alexandra Föderl-Schmid succeeded him in the post. In 2002 the paper was one of four quality daily newspapers with nationwide distribution along with ''Salzburger Nachrichten'', ''Die Presse'', and ''Wiener Zeitung''. Although ''Der Standard'' is intended to be a national paper, in the past it had an undeniable tendency to focus on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Der Spiegel
''Der Spiegel'' (, lit. ''"The Mirror"'') is a German weekly news magazine published in Hamburg. With a weekly circulation of 695,100 copies, it was the largest such publication in Europe in 2011. It was founded in 1947 by John Seymour Chaloner, a British army officer, and Rudolf Augstein, a former Wehrmacht radio operator who was recognized in 2000 by the International Press Institute as one of the fifty World Press Freedom Heroes. Typically, the magazine has a content to advertising ratio of 2:1. ''Der Spiegel'' is known in German-speaking countries mostly for its investigative journalism. It has played a key role in uncovering many political scandals such as the ''Spiegel'' affair in 1962 and the Flick affair in the 1980s. According to ''The Economist'', ''Der Spiegel'' is one of continental Europe's most influential magazines. The news website by the same name was launched in 1994 under the name ''Spiegel Online'' with an independent editorial staff. Today, the content is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leipzig Book Award For European Understanding
The City of Leipzig awards the Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding () which has been given since 1994. The award is endowed with prize money of 20,000 Euro and is presented every year during the official opening of Leipzig Book Fair. Recipients Source: * 1994 Ryszard Kapuściński (Poland) * 1994 Eckhard Thiele (Germany) * 1995 Péter Nádas (Hungary) * 1995 Svetlana Geier (Germany) * 1996 Aleksandar Tišma (Serbia) * 1996 Fritz Mierau (Germany) * 1997 Imre Kertész (Hungary) * 1997 Antonín J. Liehm (Czech Republic) * 1998 Svetlana Alexievich (Belarus) * 1998 Ilma Rakusa (Switzerland) * 1998 Andreas Tretner (Germany) * 1999 Eric Hobsbawm (United Kingdom) * 1999 Nenad Popović (Serbia) * 2000 Hanna Krall (Poland) * 2000 Peter Urban (Germany) * 2001 Claudio Magris (Italy) * 2001 Norbert Randow (Germany) * 2002 Bora Ćosić (Serbia) * 2002 Ludvík Kundera (Czech Republic) * 2003 Hugo Claus (Belgium) * 2003 Barbara Antkowiak (Germany) * 2004 Dževad Karahasan (Bosn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
