Michael Guggenheimer
Michael Guggenheimer (born 8 October 1946) is a Swiss journalist, writer and photographer. Life. Guggenheimer grew up in Tel Aviv (where he was born) and Amsterdam, studied contemporary history and social psychology in Zurich and was head of the communications department of the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia from 1989 to 2003. From 2007 to 2010, together with Katarina Holländer, he was curator of the exhibition "Ein gewisses jüdisches Etwas" in Zurich, Munich, Augsburg and Frankfurt. In 2007, Guggenheimer received the "Europe medal of the European City Görlitz" for his cultural commitment in the German-Polish twin city . He was President of the Swiss-German PEN Centre (DSPZ) from 2013 to 2018. Together with Heinz Egger, he writes on buchort.ch about bookshops, libraries, antiquarian bookshops and other places where books are the focus of attention. Since spring 2020, he has been running the blog Filmeinwurf.ch, where he writes articles on topics related to photography. Guggenheimer has been involved with photography and cameras since his childhood.