What is Hellmuth Karasek?
[[File:Hellmuth Karasek 3821-2.jpg|thumb|Karasek in October 2011.]] '''Hellmuth Karasek''' (4 January 1934 &ndash; 29 September 2015) was a [[Germans|German]] [[journalist]], literary critic and novelist. He wrote over 25 books on [[literature]] and [[movie]]s. He was well known for being on the panel of the show ''[[Das Literarische Quartett]]'', with [[Marcel Reich-Ranicki]]. In 1968, he became the theatre critic of ''[[Die Zeit]]''. From 1974 until 1996, he worked for ''[[Der Spiegel]]''. In 1999, he was a member of the jury at the 49th [[Berlin International Film Festival]]. Karasek was born in [[Brno|Brünn]], [[Czechoslovakia]] (now Brno, [[Czech Republic]]). He moved from [[Bielsko|Bielitz]] (now [[Poland]]) to [[Bernburg]] in 1944 during [[World War II]]. In the 1950s, he became a student at the [[University of Tübingen]] in [[Tübingen]], [[Baden-Württemberg]] (then [[West Germany]]). Karasek died on 29 September 2015 in [[Hamburg]]. He was 81.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dw.com/en/german-literary-critic-hellmuth-karasek-dies/a-18750123|title=German literary critic Hellmuth Karasek dies|work=[[Deutsche Welle]]|date=29 September 2015|access-date=30 September 2015}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * {{IMDb name|0438964}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Karasek, Hellmuth}} [[Category:1934 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in Germany]] [[Category:German critics]] [[Category:German journalists]] [[Category:German novelists]] [[Category:Literary critics]] [[Category:People from Brno]] {{Bio-stub}}