- NAUMANN, Michael
- MIchael Naumann,
born in Koethe (Saxony-Anhalt) in 1941, studied political science,
history, and philosophy. After working as a journalist for DIE
ZEIT and DER SPIEGEL, he headed the
Rowohlt Publishing House starting in 1985; from 1995 to 1998 he
first headed Metropolitan Books and then Henry Holt in New York.
He returned to Germany in 1998, when he was appointed Minister of
Culture and Media. Since 2001 he has been editor of DIE
ZEIT. He
gave the speech that is included in Volume 7, Number 2/3 in the
German parliament. It is now in the public domain; the translation
rights lie with DIMENSION2.
The Most Beautiful Form of Freedom: The Cultural Policies of the
Federal Republic of Germany from Die schönste Form der Freiheit:
Reden und Essays zur Kultur der Nation (Berlin: Siedler Verlag,
2001) : Vol. 7, No. 2/3
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