Jürgen Neffe

Jürgen Neffe (born 5 June 1956 in Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany[1]) is a German writer.

Jürgen Neffe
Neffe in 2009
Born (1956-06-05) 5 June 1956
Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
NationalityGerman
OccupationWriter

Life

Jürgen Neffe received a PhD in biochemistry 1985 from RWTH Aachen University.[2][3] After graduating, Neffe worked as a reporter for various publications, including Nature, GEO, and Der Spiegel. [1][3][4][5][6][7] In 1991, he won third prize in the Egon Erwin Kisch Awards, which are among the most prestigious awards for print journalism in Germany,[8] for his reportage Der Fluch der guten Tat on a burn unit in Pittsburgh, published in GEO.[7]

In the beginning of 2003 he moved from Spiegel to Max Planck Society. He organized, started and then ran its federal office in Berlin for the first year. [9]

In 2005, Neffe published a biography on Albert Einstein, which ranked eighth among non-fiction bestsellers that year in Germany.[10] The book was translated into more than ten languages, including English. In 2007 the Washington Post named it "Book of the Year".[11] It received many favorable reviews.[12][13][14][15][16][17][18]

In 2007 and 2008, Neffe traveled for seven months, recreating Charles Darwin's travels on the Beagle. As a result, he published the book Darwin - Das Abenteuer des Lebens, consisting of a combination of travel writing, science reportage on the development of the theory of evolution, and biographical information about Charles Darwin.

In 2011, Neffe created a new interactive e-book format called Libroid.[19][20][21]

In 2014, Neffe published his first novel, Mehr als wir sind (More than we are).[22]

In 2017, Neffe published his highly acclaimed biography on Karl Marx, Marx. Der Unvollendete (The unfinished man).[23]

In 2020, Neffe published his second novel, Das Ding. Der Tag, an dem ich Donald Trump bestahl (The Thing. Or: The Day I Stole from Donald Trump).[24]

„Das Ding. Der Tag, an dem ich Donald Trump bestahl“. Die Fachzeitschrift Buchmarkt bezeichnete das Buch als „Der beste politische Roman des Jahres“ [25] Neffe lives in Berlin.[26] His wife Hania Luczak is also a writer.[27]

Works
  • Evidence for an early degradative event to the insulin molecule following binding to hepatocyte receptors; S. M. Juul, R. H. Jones, J. L. Evans, J. Neffe, P. H. Sönksen, D. Brandenburg; Biochim. Biophys. Acta 856, 310-319 (1986)
  • Demonstration that the insulin receptor undergoes an early structural modification following insulin binding; S. M. Juul, J. Neffe, J. L. Evans, R. H. Jones, P. H. Sönksen, D. Brandenburg; Biochim. Biophys. Acta 856, 320-324 (1986)
  • Irgendwann habe ich einen ganz starken Willen entwickelt. In: Charlotte Kerner: Nicht nur Madame Curie – Frauen, die den Nobelpreis bekamen. Beltz Verlag, Weinheim/ Basel 1999, ISBN 3-407-80862-3.
  • Vorbild Einstein - Gedanken zu Wissenschaftspopularisierung und Technikskepsis. In: Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Matthias Machnig (HG.): Made in Germany '21. Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-455-10417-7
  • Einstein – eine Biographie. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 2005, ISBN 3-499-61937-7
  • EINSTEIN - A Biography. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York 2007, Translated by Shelley Frisch, ISBN 978-3-7414-6640-3
  • EINSTEIN - A Biography. Polity Press, London 2007, Translated by Shelley Frisch, ISBN 978-0-7456-4220-8
  • Darwin. Das Abenteuer des Lebens. C. Bertelsmann, München 2008, ISBN 978-3-570-01091-4.
  • Mehr als wir sind. C. Bertelsmann, München 2014, ISBN 978-3-570-10205-3
  • Marx. Der Unvollendete. C. Bertelsmann, München 2017, ISBN 978-3-570-10273-2
  • Das Ding. Der Tag, an dem ich Donald Trump bestahl. Europa Verlag, München 2020, ISBN 978-3-958-90340-1.

References
  1. "The Founder - Libroid - more than a book". libroid.com.
  2. Jürgen Neffe: Struktur und Internalisierung des Insulinrezeptors - Dissertation. Technische Hochschule Aachen, Aachen 1985.
  3. Hunold, Dietrich (Summer 2009). "Abenteuer des Lebens". RWTH Alumni Keep in Touch (47). Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  4. "Max-Planck-Gesellschaft richtet ein Hauptstadtbüro ein" (press release). Max Planck Society. 3 December 2002.
  5. Auf der Seite der Sieger - über die Überlebenden der Aids-Seuche, DER SPIEGEL 23/1993
  6. ""Jürgen Neffe" : nature.com search". www.nature.com.
  7. http://www.stern.de/kultur/buecher/2-1977-2004-alle-preistraeger-im-ueberblick-509895.html
  8. Richter, Konstantin (May–June 2008). "Shop Stewards". Columbia Journalism Review.
  9. Max-Planck-Gesellschaft richtet ein Hauptstadtbüro ein. Pressemitteilung der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft 31/2002 vom 3. Dezember 2002.
  10. Best selling list Non Fiction 2005 in Germany
  11. "Holiday Guide 2007: Gifts - Book World's Holiday Issue (washingtonpost.com)". www.washingtonpost.com.
  12. Master of the Universe by Corey S. Powell
  13. The Other Einstein by Lee Smolin
  14. Publishers Weekly
  15. Kirkus Review
  16. Studying the scientist by Daniel Sutherland
  17. Einstein by Michael Dirda
  18. "Books of the Year 2007"
  19. Reader Innovation: Exploring the Narrative Possibilities of the E-Book
  20. Never-ending book heralds new chapter in e-publishing
  21. "German author launches multi-media ebook "Libroid"". Reuters. October 6, 2010 – via in.reuters.com.
  22. Jürgen Neffe: Mehr als wir sind
  23. Jürgen Neffe: Marx. Der Unvollendete
  24. [https://www.europa-verlag.com/Buecher/6548/DasDing%E2%80%93DerTagandemichDonaldTrumpbestahl.html Jürgen Neffe: Das Ding. Der Tag, an dem ich Donald Trump bestahl
  25. Gerhard Beckmann. https://buchmarkt.de/beckmanns-grosse-buecher/der-beste-politische-roman-des-jahres-juergen-neffes-das-ding-der-tag-an-dem-ich-donald-trump-bestahl-europa-verlag/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  26. "Wer nicht mehr schlafen will, trinkt Wasser". kurier.at.
  27. "Hania Luczak – medium magazin".
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