Malte Herwig is a journalist and author. His articles have appeared in The New York Times, the Observer, Vanity Fair, Der Spiegel, Die Zeit, Süddeutsche Zeitung and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. He studied and taught German Literature, History and Politics at the universities of Oxford, Harvard, and Mainz until he returned to Germany in 2005. You can find out more about Malte’s books by clicking „Bücher“. His book on science in Thomas Mann’s novels was awarded the „Thomas Mann-Prize“ by the German Thomas Mann Society in 2004.
Selected articles in English:
- In North Korea, Communism goes Cannes. A Visit to the Pyongyang International Film Festival (New York Times, 21.11.2008)
- After nearly two decades in solitary confinement, convicted murderer Donny Johnson has started painting: Still Life: The Jailhouse Jackson Pollock(SPIEGEL 24.8.2007)
- Interviewing an unrepentant David Irving in his Viennese prison cell: „Hitler? He was good in parts“ (Observer 22.1.2006); see also: “The Swastika-Wielding Provocateur“ (SPIEGEL, 16.1.2006)
- Phoenix from the Ashes: Weimar’s Duchess Anna Amalia Library Re-Opens (SPIEGEL, 22.7.2007)
- Google’s Total Library: Putting the World’s Books on the Web (SPIEGEL, 28.3.2007)
- Sex For Sexagenarians. Movies Target Frisky Seniors (SPIEGEL 25.9.2006)
- Much Ado About Tom Cruise: Filming Stauffenberg in Berlin (SPIEGEL, 2.7.2007)
- Interviewing best-selling thriller writer Frederick Forsyth: „They Take The Mind, and What Emerges is Just Tapioca Pudding“ (SPIEGEL, 29.12.2006)
