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brünn , czechoslovakia 150 4 january 1934 1965 -- present hellmuth karasek 3821-2 . jpg hellmuth karasek
 hellmuth karasek journalist , author
hellmuth karasek

hellmuth karasek -lrb- born 4 january 1934 -rrb- is a german journalist , literary critic , novelist and the author of many books on literature and film .
karasek was born in brünn , czechoslovakia .
in 1944 , when he was ten , his family fled from bielitz -lrb- today poland -rrb- to bernburg .
after finishing his schooling in the early 1950s he moved from there -- then part of east germany -- to west germany and became a student at the university of tübingen .
after his graduation karasek started working as a journalist , and in 1968 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 .
in recent years karasek has frequently appeared on german television , both in quiz shows and , together with marcel reich-ranicki , as one of the permanent members of `` das literarische quartett '' .
