Ronald Reng

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Ronald Reng
Born1970
Frankfurt, West Germany
OccupationSports journalist
Nationality German
Genre Sports
Notable works A Life too Short: The Tragedy of Robert Enke

Ronald Reng is a German sports journalist and author. A number of his books have been translated into English, including The Keeper of Dreams, A Life too Short: The Tragedy of Robert Enke , and Matchdays: The Hidden Story of the Bundesliga. The story of the German goalkeeper Lars Leese, who played for Barnsley Football Club in the Premier League, The Keeper of Dreams won the Sports Book of the Year Award in 2004, the first foreign book to win. His biography of the late German national goalkeeper Robert Enke, A Life too Short: The Tragedy of Robert Enke , was voted William Hill Sports Book of the Year in 2011, with Reng was the first non-English speaking author in 23 years to win the award.

In Germany, Reng won the award for the best sports story of the year by the Association of German Sports Writers seven times between 2001 and 2010. In 2010 he was awarded the Dietrich Oppenberg Media Award "for outstanding journalistic contributions to promote the culture of reading." [1] [2] A Life too Short was also named Sports Book of the Year 2015 at the Polish Sports Book Awards (Sportowa Książka Roku). [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Ronald Reng: Sieben Siege in neun Jahren" (PDF). Verein Münchner Sportjournalisten (in German). April 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "'Emotional überrollt'" (in German). boersenblatt.net. 29 November 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  3. ↑ Polish Sports Book Awards 2015 - results.""
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