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Michael Ebert

Michael Ebert, born in Freiburg in 1974, studied law in Munich after a newspaper traineeship. He developed the magazine NEON for Gruner+Jahr, which he led as editor-in-chief for ten years. He has received many awards for his journalistic work, including "Journalist of the Year". He has been editor-in-chief of the Süddeutsche Zeitung magazine since 2013. He lives with his family in Munich. His first novel will be published by Penguin Verlag in autumn.


Planen oder treiben lassen? Wie man merkt, ob man sich zu viel oder zu wenig Gedanken über sein Leben macht (mit Timm Klotzek)
Heyne, 2009