Harald Martenstein (born 9 September 1953, in Mainz) is a German journalist and author.

Biography

Martenstein studied History and Romance Studies in

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. From 1981 to 1988, he was a journalist at the ''

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'' and from 1988 to 1997 he was a journalist at '' Tagesspiegel'' in Berlin. Then, Martenstein took up for a short time the line of the culture editorship at the '' Abendzeitung (AZ)'' in

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. However, he returned a little later as senior editor to the ''Tagesspiegel''. Since 2002, he has written a

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for ''

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'' titled "Lebenszeichen", which since May 24, 2007 appears in ''Zeit-Magazin LEBEN'' (a supplement to ''Die Zeit'') as "Harald Martenstein". Since 2004 Martenstein also writes a column for ''GEO Kompakt''. His second novel, ''Gefühlte Nähe (Felt close)'' received rather critical reviews. In 2004, he received the Egon-Erwin-Kisch-Preis for the second best investigative report published in German in 2004. Martenstein had dealt with the internal conflicts in Suhrkamp, a major publisher of literary works with longstanding legal conflicts between its owners. In February 2007, Martenstein's novel debut ''Heimweg'' was released and later won the Corine Debütpreis. He has also published several volumes of his collected columns under different titles. Martenstein lives in Berlin-Kreuzberg.

Works

* ''Männer sind wie Pfirsiche. C. Bertelsmann, München, 2007'', * ''Heimweg''. Roman, C. Bertelsmann, München, Feb. 2007, * ''Vom Leben gezeichnet. Tagebuch eines Endverbrauchers''. Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, August 2004. * ''Wachsen Ananas auf Bäumen? Wie ich meinem Kind die Welt erkläre''. Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg 2001. * ''Spot aus! Licht an! Meine Story'', zus. mit Ilja Richter, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg 1999. * ''Das hat Folgen. Deutschland und seine Fernsehserien''. Reclam, Leipzig 1996. * ''Die Mönchsrepublik. Erotik in der deutschen Politik von Adenauer bis Claudia Nolte''. Fannei & Walz, Berlin 1994.

External links

*
Kurz-Rezensionen zu ''Heimweg'' (Perlentaucher)

References

1953 births German male journalists German newspaper journalists 20th-century German journalists 21st-century German journalists Living people German male writers Die Zeit people Der Tagesspiegel people Writers from Mainz Stuttgarter Zeitung people {{Germany-journalist-stub