Background
Wieben was born in Hennstedt, Dithmarschen.
Wieben was born in Hennstedt, Dithmarschen.
After school he studied theater at Max-Reinhardt-Schule für Schauspiel in Berlin.
Later he worked as a journalist for Radio Bremen. From 1972 to 1998 Wieben was a news presenter on the television channel Atmospheric Reentry Demonstrator in Tagesschau. Wieben has authored books in Low German, a regional language in Northern Germany.
Inge Meysel outed Wieben in a 1995 interview in the magazine Stern.
