Harald Martenstein is unashamed to represent one of the country’s most controversial demographic groups at present: the old white man. He does not limit himself to this perspective; his success shows that he speaks to people from a wide variety of backgrounds and contexts. The range of topics he covers extends from lovingly observed details to high-level politics.
As a journalist, writer and columnist, Harald Martenstein has received numerous awards. V
Martenstein was born in Mainz in 1953 and grew up there; today he lives in Berlin and in Gerswalde in the Uckermark. Martenstein writes regularly for *Welt am Sonntag* and *Die Zeit*.

