Adrian Geiges
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Adrian Geiges is a German writer and journalist born in Basel, Switzerland.
in southern Germany. He became the CEO of the Chinese subsidiary of the German publisher Bertelsmann
. In his autobiography, “How the World Revolution Once Accidentally Started in the Black Forest“, he describes how he transformed from a West German communist to a capitalist, ironically in the People’s Republic of China. He had a year long training at a secret cadre school in former communist East Germany.
His autobiography describes moral conflicts, typical of the many in his country of his generation who started as extreme leftists and evolved at breakneck speed into aggressive capitalists. These developments in Geiges’ political and work commitments led to far-reaching changes in his personal life, including in his love and sex life.
In German media his book has been seen as a biography of a lost generation that dreamed of a better future without noticing the present. The leading German newspaper "Suedeutsche Zeitung" calls it a book "that sometimes lets you roar with laughter and sometimes makes you sad."
Since the summer of 2004 Adrian Geiges has been the Beijing
Correspondent of the leading German weekly news magazine Stern
. Before that he founded the Chinese enterprise of G+J, the Bertelsmann corporation’s magazine division. In the 1990s he had worked as a television reporter for Spiegel TV and RTL
in Moscow and New York. He has studied Chinese
and Russian
.
Life
Adrian Geiges, born September 3, 1960, is a journalist from the Black ForestBlack Forest
The Black Forest is a wooded mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, southwestern Germany. It is bordered by the Rhine valley to the west and south. The highest peak is the Feldberg with an elevation of 1,493 metres ....
in southern Germany. He became the CEO of the Chinese subsidiary of the German publisher Bertelsmann
Bertelsmann
Bertelsmann AG is a multinational media corporation founded in 1835, based in Gütersloh, Germany. The company operates in 63 countries and employs 102,983 workers , which makes it the most international media corporation in the world. In 2008 the company reported a €16.118 billion consolidated...
. In his autobiography, “How the World Revolution Once Accidentally Started in the Black Forest“, he describes how he transformed from a West German communist to a capitalist, ironically in the People’s Republic of China. He had a year long training at a secret cadre school in former communist East Germany.
His autobiography describes moral conflicts, typical of the many in his country of his generation who started as extreme leftists and evolved at breakneck speed into aggressive capitalists. These developments in Geiges’ political and work commitments led to far-reaching changes in his personal life, including in his love and sex life.
In German media his book has been seen as a biography of a lost generation that dreamed of a better future without noticing the present. The leading German newspaper "Suedeutsche Zeitung" calls it a book "that sometimes lets you roar with laughter and sometimes makes you sad."
Since the summer of 2004 Adrian Geiges has been the Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
Correspondent of the leading German weekly news magazine Stern
Stern (magazine)
Stern is a weekly news magazine published in Germany. It was founded in 1948 by Henri Nannen, and is currently published by Gruner + Jahr, a subsidiary of Bertelsmann. In the first quarter of 2006, its print run was 1.019 million copies and it reached 7.84 million readers according to...
. Before that he founded the Chinese enterprise of G+J, the Bertelsmann corporation’s magazine division. In the 1990s he had worked as a television reporter for Spiegel TV and RTL
RTL Group
RTL Group is Europe's largest TV, radio and production company, and is majority-owned by German media conglomerate Bertelsmann. It has 45 television and 32 radio stations in 11 countries...
in Moscow and New York. He has studied Chinese
Chinese language
The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
and Russian
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
.
Works
- How the World Revolution Once Accidentally Started in the Black Forest. Eichborn 2007
- Russia Explosive (together with Andre Zalbertus). vgs 1994
- Love is Not on the State Plan (together with Tatjana Suworowa), Japanese Edition. JICC 1992
- Love is Not on the State Plan (together with Tatjana Suworowa ), Russian Edition. Sobesednik 1990
- Revolution Without Shooting, Turkish Edition, Iletisim Yayinlari, 1990
- Love is Not on the State Plan (together with Tatjana Suworowa). Wolfgang Krüger/S.Fischer 1989
- Revolution Without Shooting. Pahl-Rugenstein 1988
- Awakening China. Pahl-Rugenstein 1987