Born 1924 in Bielefeld
- 1945 studies of Philosophy, Sociology and Art History in Göttingen - co-founder and freelancer of the Göttinger Universitätszeitung (newspaper of the University of Göttingen), later to become known as Deutsche Universitätszeitung (German University Newspaper)
1949 correspondent of Neue Zeitung (Munich)
1953-1955 assistant professor at the newly founded Department of Philosophy at the University of Karlsruhe. Working at the extracurricular studies for students in technical and natural sciences programs
1953-55 asssitant in planning the programs for the yearly International University Weeks in Alpach/Tyrol of the Austrian College (Vienna). First major journalistic works for the evening studios of the radio stations Hessischer Rundfunk, Südwestfunk, Bremen. Publications in Frankfurter Hefte, Merkur and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
In the Autumn of 1955 editor of Deutsche Universitätszeitung in Göttingen
1956-63 editor and officer with procuration at the Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag in Frankfurt/M., editor in chief for the 40 volume encyclopedia Fischer Lexikon and the 20 volume encyclopedia Fischer Weltgeschichte (Fischer World History). Since 1960 also editor in chief for the Taschenbuch-Verlag as a whole
1963 publishing director and chief executive of the Bertelsmann publishing company Rütten & Löning, Munich. Since then regularl articles in the features section of Süddeutsche Zeitung
1966 visiting Princeton and New York with Gruppe 47
1968-79 editor of a culture and science editorial office at Westdeutscher Rundfunk TV station (constitution of the 3rd channel in Cologne and Düsseldorf), host and author in culture and science programs on TV
1972 participating at a symposion of the New School für Social Research
1979 returning to the world of books: executive manager of the book program of Holtzbrinck publishing companies S. Fischer, Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag and Wolfgang-Krüger-Verlag, Frankfurt/M.
1982-84 publishing executive manager of ECON publishing houses. Working as their spokesman in Düsseldorf until the age of 60.
1986-94 Hanover: political correspondent in Lower Saxony for Süddeutsche Zeitung
- Since July 1988 honorary professor for the postgraduate journalism program at the Department of Journalism and Communication Research, Hanover University of Music and Drama
1988 and 1992 consultant for Stiftung Niedersachsen for the conferences Mind and Nature and Actuality of Aesthetics
1990 chairman of the press conference Lower Saxony
1993/94 consultant of the foundation Weimarer Klassik and director of the International Forum for Design (Ulm)
1994 freelancer for the cultural programs of Bayerischer Rundfunk, Hessischer Rundfunk, Westdeutscher Rundfunk
1999-2005 freelancer mainly for the cultural program of Norddeutscher Rundfunk.
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