Biography Florian Langenscheidt

Florian Langenscheidt studied German, journalism and philosophy in Munich and publishing at Harvard University, Cambridge. He took his doctorate and Master of Business Administration at INSEAD, Fontainebleau. In the years from 1985 to 2001 he occupied various different publishing and managerial positions in the Langenscheidt publishing group. Langenscheidt is a member on several supervisory boards, serves on the board of trustees of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), is board chairman of “Children For a Better World” and author of many books, articles and columns.

The members of the academy

 
Wilfried Weber, Joachim Unseld, Jutta Limbach, Gottfried Honnefelder, Christina Weiss, Matthias Schmolz, Juergen Boos. Not shown: Men Haupt, Florian Langenscheidt. Copyright: Harald Schröder

In September 2004, the board of the Börsenverein made its unique appointment of the German Book Prize Academy which is made up of eleven members.

With representatives from the book industry and the arts and co-sponsors of the Prize, the advisory committee’s most important task is the annual selection of the jury. Publisher Dr. Gottfried Honnefelder is president of the German Book Prize Academy.

Interview with Dr. Florian Langenscheidt

Wanted: German Book Prize. Sponsor Dr. Florian Langenscheidt talks about an award that will be uncompromising (Börsenblatt, January 27th 2005). Copyright: Börsenblatt / Sabine Cronau.

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