Axel Hacke

Axel Hacke lebt als Schriftsteller und Kolumnist des Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazins in München. Berühmt ist seine Kolumne „Das Beste aus aller Welt", die er seit Jahrzehnten jede Woche darin veröffentlicht. Er gehört zu den bekanntesten Autoren Deutschlands, seine Bücher wurden in zahlreiche Sprachen übersetzt. Seine Arbeit wurde unter anderem mit dem Joseph-Roth-Preis, zwei Egon-Erwin-Kisch-Preisen, dem Theodor-Wolff-Preis und zuletzt dem Ben Witter-Preis 2019 ausgezeichnet.

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