{{Short description|German-born British journalist}} '''Philip Oltermann''' (born 1981) is a German-born British journalist and the current chief of ''The Guardian''{{'}}s Berlin bureau.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Philip Oltermann {{!}} Authors {{!}} Faber & Faber|url=https://www.faber.co.uk/tutors/philip-oltermann/|website=www.faber.co.uk|access-date=2020-05-07}}</ref> He is the author of ''How to Write'' (2012), ''Keeping Up with the Germans: A History of Anglo-German Encounters'' (2012), and ''The Stasi Poetry Circle'' (2020).<ref>{{Cite book|last=Oltermann|first=Philip|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=brMVf2Ivb-4C&q=philip+oltermann+private+school|title=How to Write|date=2012-06-05|publisher=Guardian Books|isbn=978-0-85265-363-0|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Oltermann|first=Philip|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4dk7AAAAQBAJ|title=Keeping Up With the Germans: A History of Anglo-German Encounters|date=2012-01-31|publisher=Faber & Faber|isbn=978-0-571-27991-3|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=OLTERMANN|first=PHILIP|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0NlKxwEACAAJ|title=The Stasi Poetry Circle|date=2020-08-06|publisher=Faber & Faber, Limited|isbn=978-0-571-33119-2|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Winder|first=Simon|date=2012-02-09|title=Keeping Up with the Germans by Philip Oltermann – review|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/feb/09/keeping-up-with-germans-review|access-date=2020-05-07|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
== Early life and career == Born in Schleswig-Holstein, Oltermann read English and German literature at Oxford University.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Don't let's be beastly|url=https://www.ft.com/content/91e03a54-4838-11e1-a4e5-00144feabdc0|website=www.ft.com|access-date=2020-05-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=oltermann-philip|url=https://www.rcwlitagency.com/authors/oltermann-philip/|website=RCW Literary Agency|language=en|access-date=2020-05-07}}</ref> Oltermann has written for both German and English-language newspapers, including ''Granta'', ''London Review of Books'', ''Prospect'', ''The Nation'', ''Süddeutsche Zeitung'', and others.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Philip Oltermann|url=https://www.lrb.co.uk/contributors/philip-oltermann|last=|first=|date=|website=London Review of Books|access-date=7 May 2020}}</ref> His book ''Keeping Up with the Germans'' was well received.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Keeping up with the Germans: A History of Anglo German Encounters by Philip Oltermann|newspaper=The Times |language=en|url=https://www.thetimes.com/comment/register/article/keeping-up-with-the-germans-a-history-of-anglo-german-encounters-by-philip-oltermann-p8d567dfzs5|access-date=2020-05-07|issn=0140-0460}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Philip Oltermann {{!}} Interview|url=https://granta.com/interview-philip-oltermann/|date=2011-02-28|website=Granta|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-07}}</ref> He has been ''The Guardian''{{'}}s bureau chief in Berlin since 2016.
== References == <references/>
== External links == * [https://www.theguardian.com/profile/philip-oltermann Philip Oltermann] on ''The Guardian'' * [https://www.newstatesman.com/writers/319437 Philip Oltermann] on the ''New Statesman''
{{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Oltermann, Philip}} Category:1981 births Category:Alumni of the University of Oxford Category:German emigrants to the United Kingdom Category:The Guardian journalists Category:Living people Category:Writers from Schleswig-Holstein