- Uwe George
Uwe George is a prize-winning German journalist, author and researcher, born in
Kiel ,Germany on April 1st, 1940.In the nineteensixties, George performed lengthy research in the
Sahara Desert as an ornithologist, writing several publications on the special breeding biology of desert birds.1967 he learned the trade of cameraman in the
Norddeutscher Rundfunk and won theAdolf-Grimme-Prize for a television documentation on theSahara in 1970.He produced another 15 documentary movies about desert research and the ecology of the
tropical rain forest , publishing his first book in 1976. In 1977, George received the AmericanNational Book Award [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_winners_of_the_National_Book_Award] for a book publication in theUSA ("In the Deserts of This Earth "). From 1976 on, he worked as a free employee for the GermanGEO (magazine) .Employed at "GEO" on a regular basis since 1979, as science editor, photographer and expedition officer, George has been the author of numerous books and won several gold medals for photography. 1993 he was awarded the Journalist Prize of the "Akademie für Geowissenschaften" (Academy for Geoscience). He is honorary member of the Geographische Gesellschaft (Geographical Society) since 1998, winning the
Werner-Grüter-Prize for scientific journalism in 2000.Sources
* [http://www.4-seasons.de/magazin/issues/01_2001/singlepages/interview.pdf Interview with Uwe George (2005, pdf, German)]
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