As a television presenter , author and producer Roger Willemsen has influenced public life in Germany. After his death at age 60 SPD leader Gabriel recognizes him as “brilliant intellectuals”.
The best-selling author and former television presenter Roger Willemsen is dead. He died in age of 60 confirmed as the result of cancer, as his office in Hamburg and the publisher S. Fischer in Frankfurt on Monday. Accordingly Willemsen had died the day before at his home in Wentorf.
The journalist and TV personality was one of the most famous German intellectuals. The cancer had been found with him in August last year – a few days after his 60th birthday. Then he said all public events from.
“Impressive were his intelligence and wisdom”
On the news of Willemsens death also responded leaders concerned. “Germany has lost a brilliant intellectual, a citizen of the world in the best sense and an important voice of our cultural life – intelligent, pointedly, pugnacious,” wrote SPD chief Sigmar Gabriel on Twitter. Green Party leader Peter Simone also expressed his shock. “We mourn a wonderful person to an important intellectual, author and moderator,” she tweeted.
The left-politician Gregor Gysi praised Willemsen as one of the outstanding journalists and publicists of Germany. “Impressive were his intelligence and wisdom, his education, his powers of observation, his accuracy and his responsiveness,” said Member of Parliament. FDP leader Christian Lindner tweeted, Germany lose one of its most exciting heads. “His critical spirit is missing.”
“Extraordinary fighter for human”
Culture Minister Monika Grütters (CDU) explained Willemsen will in the great social debates of the country as an intelligent voice very absence. “As a keen observer of political relations he has perceptive politicians also kept up a mirror.” Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (SPD) said: “Roger Willemsen Germany loses one of its great intellectuals.”
“central Germany intellectuals” and “brilliant writer” honored him the publisher S. Fischer. Willemsen was also an “extraordinary fighter for human,” said publishing manager Jörg Bong.
Talk without taboo
Achievements celebrated Willemsen especially with essayistic travel books such as “The ends of the World”. Most recently, he landed with his book “The House” (2014) a bestseller. But he had one year following the activity in the Bundestag from the stands as a listener.
On television Willemsen had already from 1991 for the pay-TV broadcaster Premiere with the interview broadcast “0137″ become the shooting star in the world moderator. . The show was considered a “Talk without taboos”, located between politics and Boulevard
More than 600 interviews
More than 600 interviews he conducted: From Audrey Hepburn to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat were many celebrities here – including a bank robber. His claim, “to be exact,” and his most insightful conversation made Willemsen and his magazine praiseworthy. He has also been awarded with the Bavarian Television Award 1992nd The following year, Willemsen received the Adolf Grimme Prize in Gold.
After moving to the ZDF in Mainz, he hosted from 1994 to 1998 “Willemsens week” , The “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung” described his format as a “model for intelligent, if not intellectual entertainment”. In Swiss television, he hosted the “Literature Club”. With his own TV production company “Noa Noa” produced and co-produced Willemsen themed dinners and award ceremonies.
In summer 1996 in ZDF his nine-part portrait series ran “Willemsens contemporaries”. For
hit the journalist, among other Quincy Jones, Michel Piccoli, Vivienne Westwood, Philippe Starck and John Malkovich in the video. Roger Willemsen is dead
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