Hans-Dieter Kronzucker (born 22 April 1936) is a German journalist and television presenter.

Life

Kronzucker was born in Munich, the son of an opera singer mother and a father who worked in the tourism industry. He grew up in

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and

Tegernsee Tegernsee is a town in the Miesbach district of Bavaria, Germany. It is located on the shore of Lake Tegernsee, which is 747 m (2,451 ft) above sea level. A spa town, it is surrounded by an alpine landscape of Upper Bavaria, and has an ...

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. He attended the Wittelsbacher-Gymnasium in Munich, graduating in 1954; during his time there, he founded and was the

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of the school newspaper. He then studied philosophy and cultural history in Munich,

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and

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, completing his PhD at the

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. Kronzucker worked for many years as a journalist and television presenter in Germany, and is perhaps best known for presenting news magazine ''

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'', which he presented from 1978 until 1980, and again between 1986 and 1988. From 2001 to 2007, Kronzucker worked as professor at University of Television and Film Munich. Kronzucker lives in

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and Tegernsee. In 1980, his two daughters, Sabine and Susanne, along with a nephew, were kidnapped while on holiday in Barberino Val d'Elsa,

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. They were held captive for more than two months, being released after their families paid a ransom of 4.3 million

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to the kidnappers. Susanne later went on to become a well-known journalist in her own right, for many years presenting news programme ''

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'', as deputy to anchor

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Awards

* 1985:

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for ''Bilder aus Amerika'', together with

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* 1988: Leo-M.-Goodman-Award * 2002: Mitteldeutscher Medienpreis Hans Klein, lifetime achievement award * 2007: Media award by the city of Munich * 2008:

Bayerischer Fernsehpreis Bayerischer Fernsehpreis (the Bavarian TV award) is an award presented by the government of Bavaria, Germany since 1989. The prize symbol is the "Blue Panther", a figure from the Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory. The prize money is €10,000 (Spe ...

References

External links

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Dieter Kronzucker on N24.de
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