Theo Sommer
1930
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2022
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Germany
languages spoken, written or signed: German
educated at: University of Chicago, University of Tübingen
occupation: journalist, television presenter, non-fiction writer, writer, editor-in-chief, international forum participant
award received: Theodor Wolff award, Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Honourary Cross of the Bundeswehr in Gold, honorary doctor of the University of Maryland
position held: editor-in-chief
Theo Sommer (10 June 1930 – 22 August 2022) was a German newspaper editor and intellectual. He began working for Die Zeit in 1958, rising to an editor-in-chief and publisher. His editorials for Die Zeit shaped the paper's social-liberal attitude. He advocated the policy of détente with the Eastern bloc states (Entspannungspolitik). From 1992, Sommer was publisher of Die Zeit, together with Marion Dönhoff and Helmut Schmidt. He was considered one of Germany's authorities on international relations and strategic issues. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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