Ulrich Hesse-Lichtenberger
Encyclopedia
Ulrich "Uli" Hesse is a German freelance journalist
, editor
and author
.
University in 1994, having written his M.A. thesis about baseball
. He has covered popular music for fanzines and magazines, such as the German Rolling Stone, but primarily writes about sports, predominantly (association) football.
Hesse has published articles in newspapers and magazines in a variety of countries, including England
, United States
, Sweden
, Japan
and Israel
, and was the editor of the German-language edition of "Champions", the official UEFA
Champions League magazine, for which he is now working as a contributing editor. Since 2002, he is a regular columnist for ESPNsoccernet, which has been called the world's most popular football website. Since 2004, he runs the editorial offices of an internet company.
So far, Hesse has published three books. "Tor! The Story of German Football" (2002) was the first extensive English-language history of German football and has since been translated into Japanese
. One of his two German-language books was nominated for the Football Book of the Year Award.
Hesse is a Borussia Dortmund
season ticket holder. He has listed the novelty song "Jilted John" by Jilted John as his all-time favourite 7" A-side and the punk rock classic "Born to Lose" by the Heartbreakers as the greatest-ever 7" B-side. For more than a decade he published as "Hesse-Lichtenberger", a name acquired through marriage. In October 2009 he went back to his birth name and now usually publishes as Uli Hesse.
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
, editor
Editing
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and author
Author
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.
Life and work
He graduated from BochumBochum
Bochum is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany. It is located in the Ruhr area and is surrounded by the cities of Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Herne, Castrop-Rauxel, Dortmund, Witten and Hattingen.-History:...
University in 1994, having written his M.A. thesis about baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
. He has covered popular music for fanzines and magazines, such as the German Rolling Stone, but primarily writes about sports, predominantly (association) football.
Hesse has published articles in newspapers and magazines in a variety of countries, including England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
and Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
, and was the editor of the German-language edition of "Champions", the official UEFA
UEFA
The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....
Champions League magazine, for which he is now working as a contributing editor. Since 2002, he is a regular columnist for ESPNsoccernet, which has been called the world's most popular football website. Since 2004, he runs the editorial offices of an internet company.
So far, Hesse has published three books. "Tor! The Story of German Football" (2002) was the first extensive English-language history of German football and has since been translated into Japanese
Japanese language
is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
. One of his two German-language books was nominated for the Football Book of the Year Award.
Hesse is a Borussia Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund
Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund, commonly BVB, are a German sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. Dortmund are one of the most successful clubs in German football history. Borussia Dortmund play in the Bundesliga, the top league of German football...
season ticket holder. He has listed the novelty song "Jilted John" by Jilted John as his all-time favourite 7" A-side and the punk rock classic "Born to Lose" by the Heartbreakers as the greatest-ever 7" B-side. For more than a decade he published as "Hesse-Lichtenberger", a name acquired through marriage. In October 2009 he went back to his birth name and now usually publishes as Uli Hesse.
Publications
- Tor! The Story of German Football (2002) Hardcover edition
- Tor! The Story of German Football (2003) Extended paperback edition
- Tor! The Story of German Football (2005) Japanese hardcover edition
- Flutlicht und Schatten: Die Geschichte des Europapokals (2005)
- Wie Österreich Weltmeister wurde. 111 unglaubliche Fußballgeschichten (2008)