Jürgen Neffe

Jürgen Neffe in 2009

Jürgen Neffe (born 1956[1]) is a German writer.

Life

Jürgen Neffe received a PhD in biochemistry 1985 from RWTH Aachen University.[2][3] After graduating, Neffe worked as a reporter for various publications, including Nature, GEO, and Der Spiegel.[1][3][4][5][6][7] In 1991, he won third prize in the Egon Erwin Kisch Awards, which are among the most prestigious awards for print journalism in Germany,[8] for his reportage Der Fluch der guten Tat on a burn unit in Pittsburgh, published in GEO.[7]

In 2005, Neffe published a biography on Albert Einstein, which ranked eighth among non-fiction bestsellers that year in Germany.[9] The book was translated into more than ten languages, including English, and received many favorable reviews.[10][11][12][13][14][15][16] In 2007 and 2008, Neffe traveled for seven months, recreating Charles Darwin's travels on the Beagle. As a result, he published the book Darwin - Das Abenteuer des Lebens, consisting of a combination of travel writing, science reportage on the development of the theory of evolution, and biographical information about Charles Darwin.

In 2011, Neffe created a new interactive e-book format called Libroid.[17][18][19]

In 2014, Neffe published his first novel, Mehr als wir sind (More than we are).[20]

Neffe lives in Berlin. His wife Hania Luczak is also a writer.

Works

References

  1. 1 2 http://libroid.com/en/the-founder/
  2. Jürgen Neffe: Struktur und Internalisierung des Insulinrezeptors - Dissertation. Technische Hochschule Aachen, Aachen 1985.
  3. 1 2 Hunold, Dietrich (Summer 2009). "Abenteuer des Lebens". RWTH Alumni Keep in Touch (47). Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  4. "Max-Planck-Gesellschaft richtet ein Hauptstadtbüro ein" (press release). Max Planck Society. 3 December 2002.
  5. Auf der Seite der Sieger - über die Überlebenden der Aids-Seuche, DER SPIEGEL 23/1993
  6. articles by Jürgen Neffe in Nature
  7. 1 2 http://www.stern.de/kultur/buecher/2-1977-2004-alle-preistraeger-im-ueberblick-509895.html
  8. Richter, Konstantin (May–June 2008). "Shop Stewards". Columbia Journalism Review.
  9. Best selling list Non Fiction 2005 in Germany
  10. Master of the Universe by COREY S. POWELL
  11. The Other Einstein by Lee Smolin
  12. Publishers Weekly
  13. Kirkus Review
  14. Studying the scientist by Daniel Sutherland
  15. Einstein by Michael Dirda
  16. "Books of the Year 2007"
  17. Reader Innovation: Exploring the Narrative Possibilities of the E-Book
  18. Never-ending book heralds new chapter in e-publishing
  19. German author launches multimedia e-book Libroid
  20. Jürgen Neffe: Mehr als wir sind

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