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Skierka, Volker H. was born on September 21, 1952 in Rheinfelden, Germany. Son of Heinz G. and Waltraut (Lindt) Skierka.
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Volker H. Skierka
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Editorial trainee, editor Nürnberger Nachrichten (Newspapers), Nuremberg, 1973-1975. Editor Press Agy Redepenning/Reuters. Munich, 1975-1977; editor, correspondent Reuters News Agency, Bonn and Berlin, 1977-1979.
Correspondent, reporter Suddeutsche Zeitung/Munich, Berlin, 1979-1986, bureau chief and correspondent Northern Germany and Northern Europe Hamburg, 1986-1989, correspondent for Latin American Santiago, Chile, 1989-1992. Editor-in-chief Merian-Magazine for Culture and Travel, Hamburg, Germany, 1992-1997. Board member Friends of the Villa Aurora Berlin/Los Angeles Cultural Institute, Hanns Joachim Friedrichs-Preis, German television-Journalism award.
Advisory board Institut fur Ibero-Amerika-Kunde, Hamburg.
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Married Annette K.M. Meier, 1988. 2 children.
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