Peter Scholl-Latour
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Peter Roman Scholl-Latour (9 March 1924 – 16 August 2014) was a French-German journalist, author and reporter.[1]
Biography
Peter Scholl-Latour, who was born in the
In his youth he was persecuted by the Nazis and had to flee to France. He then joined the French army and fought against his pursuers and in the Indochina War.[5]
Youth and education
Having a Jewish mother and thus suspicious of the
In his book Living with France, he gives account of how, after
After taking a master's degree at
Work as a journalist
In 1948 he enrolled as a voluntary trainee with the Saarbrücker Zeitung and traveled to America, Africa, the Middle East and large parts of Southeast and East Asia.
In the years 1954 and 1955 he was the speaker of the government of the state of
From Paris he regularly traveled the world, as special correspondent to Vietnam, where he and his camera team were taken prisoner by the Viet Cong in 1973. During that week of imprisonment he was allowed to film a documentary about his experience, which would be called "8 Days with the Viet Cong". It is a unique historical document and is the only professional film footage that shows original recordings from a Vietcong camp. Further trips included again Vietnam in 1976, Canada in 1978, Cambodia in 1980 as well as Afghanistan and China in 1981.
In 1983 Scholl-Latour became Editor in Chief of the magazine
In 1978 Scholl-Latour had contact with
In 1985 Scholl-Latour became a member of the German-Arabian Association; since 2007 its chairman.
Despite his old age, he continued writing and traveling the world. In 2008 he visited East-Timor, the only country on the planet he hadn't visited before. In the years after
Rewards and honors
- Goldene Kamera (1969)
- Aristide-Briand-Preis (1971)
- Bambi Award (1974)
- Grimme Award (1977)
- Elsie-Kühn-Leitz-Preis (1989)
- Bavarian TV Award (1991)
- Telestar (1991)
- Straßburger Goldmedaille für deutsch-französische Annäherung
- Sonderpreis Deutsch-Französischer Kulturrat (1992)
- Hildegard von Bingen Prize for Journalism (1999)
- Honorary professor (Ruhr University Bochum, 1999)
- Ehrenpreis des Deutschen Fernsehpreises (2001)
- Hermann-Sinsheimer-Preis (2007)
- Nannen Prize (2005)
- Member of the Legion of Honorsince 2005
- Karl-Carstens Prize (2006)
- Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, First Class (2006)
- Steiger Award (2007)
- Honorary Professor (University of Duisburg-Essen, 2009)
Publications (excerpt)
Among his most successful books are the best-sellers Der Tod im Reisfeld [Death in the Rice-fields] (1980), Allah ist mit den Standhaften [Allah is with the Steadfast] (1983), Mord am grossen Fluss [Murder at the Great River] (1986), Mit Frankreich leben [Living with France] (1988), Der Wahn vom Himmlischen Frieden [The Delusion of Heavenly Peace] (1990), Das Schwert des Islam [The Sword of Islam] (1990), Den Gottlosen die Hölle [Hell to the Godless] (1991), Unter Kreuz und Knute [Under cross and knout] (1992), Eine Welt in Auflösung [A world in dissolution] (1993), Im Fadenkreuz der Mächte [In the crosshairs of the Powers] (1994), Schlaglichter der Weltpolitik [Highlights of International Politics] (1995), Das Schlachtfeld der Zukunft [The Battlefield of the Future] (1996), Lügen im Heiligen Land [Lies in the Holy Land] (1998), Allahs Schatten über Atatürk [Allah's Shadow Over Atatürk] (1999). His 2001 book, Afrikanische Totenklage [African Dirge], was on the Spiegel bestseller list from 2001 to 2004. His 2002 book Kampf dem Terror – Kampf dem Islam? Chronik eines unbegrenzten Krieges [Fight against Terror – fight against the Islam? Chronicle of a Never Ending War], is a sovereign and poignant in-depth account of the bizar lines via which both exotic history and Western politics move, according to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. His last book was Russland im Zangengriff [Russia Surrounded] (2007), Der Weg in den neuen Kalten Krieg [The road to the new cold war], 2008.
Documentaries and interviews (excerpt)
In 2006 he broadcast the TV documentary "Russia Surrounded: Putin's Empire faces NATO, China and Islam"
Junge Freiheit, "Schleichende Islamisierung" Peter Scholl-Latour über die Geiselnahme von Jolo, den Bürgerkrieg auf den Philippinen und die drohende Islamisierung
Interview with FOCUS magazine printed in: Der Weg in den neuen kalten Krieg [The road to the new cold war], 2008
References
- ^ "German-French Reporting Legend Scholl-Latour Dies – ABC News". Abcnews.go.com. 2014-08-16. Retrieved 2014-08-17.
- ^ "Reporterlegende Scholl-Latour ist tot". news.ORF.at (in German). 2014-08-16. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
- ^ "Scholl-Latour erklärt die explosive Weltlage". www.merkur.de (in German). 24 May 2016. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
- ^ Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "German Middle East analyst Scholl-Latour dies | DW | 16.08.2014". DW.COM. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
- ^ Bochum, Presseamt der Stadt. "Porträt von Peter Scholl-Latour | Stadt Bochum". www.bochum.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-06-17.
- ^ "Peter Scholl-Latour". Who's Who. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
- ^ "Peter Scholl-Latour - Munzinger Biographie". www.munzinger.de. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
- ^ "Ein Leben wie ein Roman". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2022-06-17.
External links
- "Peter Scholl-Latour: Russland im Zangengriff – Putins Imperium zwischen Nato, China und Islam" [Russia Surrounded: Putin's Empire faces NATO, China and Islam]. ZDF (in German). 2006-06-28. Archived from the original on 2014-04-04.
- Peter Scholl-Latour at IMDb