Rudolph Maximilian Chimelli (24 April 1928 – 22 April 2016) was a German journalist and writer. Chimelli was born in

Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...

and studied first law and economy. In 1968, he went to

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, from where he contributed to several newspapers with articles about the Arab world. In 1972, he moved to Moscow and was from 1979 to 1998 redactor in Paris for the German newspaper ''

Süddeutsche Zeitung The ''Süddeutsche Zeitung'' (; ), published in Munich, Bavaria, is one of the largest and most influential daily newspapers in Germany. The tone of ''SZ'' is mainly described as centre-left, liberal, social-liberal, progressive-liberal, and ...

''. He published many of his journalistic works. In 1986, the ''Bundesverband Deutscher Zeitungsverleger'' awarded him the ''Theodor-Wolff-Preis''. In 1992 Chimelli was honored with the ''Joseph-Roth-Preis'', and in 2007 he received the Officer's Cross of the Republic of Germany.

Works

* ''Bretagne'', Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe, 1982, 108 p., . * ''9mal Moskau'', München: Piper, 1987, 231 pp., . * ''Matrioschka'', Zurich: Vontobel-Stiftung, 1991. * ''Islamismus'', Zurich: Vontobel-Stiftung, 1993, 154 pp. * ''Sicherheitsnadeln'', Zurich: Vontobel-Stiftung,1996, 57 pp. * ''Die Revolution mehrt ihre Kinder. Iranische Notizen'', Vienna: Picus-Verlag, 2000, 151 pp., . * ''Öl und Opium'', Zurich : Vontobel-Stiftung, 2000. * ''Das Abendland Arabiens. Maghrebinische Verknüpfungen'', Vienna: Picus-Verlag, 2002, 166 pp., . * ''Lesereise Paris : Lokaltermin bei Mona Lisa'', Vienna: Picus-Verlag, 2009, 2nd edition, 131 pp., . * Stefan Kornelius, Rudolph Chimelli, ''Journalism: a changing world'', Translated by Andrew Sims, Bonn: Inter Nationes, 1996, 18 pp.

References

1928 births 2016 deaths German male journalists Journalists from Munich 20th-century German journalists 21st-century German journalists Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany German male writers Süddeutsche Zeitung people {{Germany-journalist-stub