Anke Richter: German journalist and writer

Date: Wednesday 10 August 2011
Time: 2:10 p.m. Location: Room 401 Modern Languages Building
Contact: For further information regarding this event, please contact Vera Leier by sending email to vera.leier@canterbury.ac.nz or by calling ext. 8560
Audience: University staff and students

German journalist and writer Anke Richter will read from and discuss her latest book "Was scheren mich die Schafe".
Understanding of German at intermediate level is essential!

Anke completed her journalism training in the US. She was a newspaper editor, wrote for "Playboy", and worked for the talk shows of Robert Willemsen and Reinhold Beckmann. As an independent correspondent and most southern reporter for "Die Welt" she also writes for "Mare", "Geo", the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung" and the "taz". Her previously published books are "Aussteigen auf Zeit. Das Sabbatical-Handbuch" and "Zweihundert Tage in Tokelau". Anke lives with her family in Lyttelton.

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