Dirk Kurbjuweit

Dirk Kurbjuweit (born 3 November 1962 in Wiesbaden) is a German journalist and editor-in-chief of the weekly news magazine Der Spiegel, which is published in Hamburg. Furthermore, he has authored 15 novels and non-fiction books (as of 2022).

Career Kurbjuweit studied economics at Cologne University and worked for the weekly paper Die Zeit from 1990 until 1999. He then joined Der Spiegel as a reporter. His later roles for the magazine included author, head of the parliamentary bureau in Berlin and deputy editor from 2015 until 2018. In May 2023 he was appointed editor-in-chief.

Personal life Kurbjuweit grew up with two sisters in Berlin and Essen.

Awards Two of his reports were awarded the Egon Erwin Kisch Prize (1998 and 2002).