Jonathan Carr (writer) explained

Jonathan Carr (1942–2008) was a British journalist and author, who lived and worked primarily in Germany.

He was born in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire.^[1]

He worked as a correspondent in turns for Reuters, Radio Free Europe, The Economist, The Financial Times, and again for The Economist. He met then-chancellor Helmut Schmidt professionally; they eventually developed a close personal friendship, and he wrote the biography Helmut Schmidt: Helmsman of Germany in 1985.^{[1] [2]}

His 1993 book Goodbye Germany, occasioned by German reunification, was an international bestseller, and in 1998 he wrote Mahler: a Biography of the Austrian composer.^{[1] [2]}

He died in Königswinter, North Rhine-Westphalia at the age of 66, on 12 June 2008, on the very day his final book The Wagner Clan was published.^[1]

Works

• Helmut Schmidt: Helmsman of Germany. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1985.
• Mahler: A biography. Woodstock, N.Y.: Overlook Press, 1998.
• The Wagner Clan: The Saga of Germany's Most Illustrious and Infamous Family. Atlantic Monthly Press, 2007.

Notes and References

1. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a6dfbf44-3e62-11dd-b16d-0000779fd2ac.html Financial Times, 20 June 2008, "FT writer who showed a passion for Germany"
2. http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?hd=701,770&Search%5FArg=Carr&Search%5FCode=NAME%40&CNT=100&PID=3VnCDUix8ahiP4XW7JJx2ZbNlrVj&HIST=0&SEQ=20090328084847&SID=2 Library of Congress Online Catalog, author entry "Carr, Jonathan, 1942-"