Owner

Markus Schmid (Master of philological sciences)

Curriculum Vitae

Born and brought up in Zürich as the child of an Italian mother and Swiss father Primary school and classical grammar school in Zurich (Final exam, Type A, 1973) Study of Slavonic languages and classical philology (Latin and ancient Greek) at the University of Zurich Teaching Latin and Russian at various Zurich middle schools during and just after studying Study visits to Warsaw, Moscow, Sofia, Budapest, Bratislava and Ljubljana Translation work for the delegation of the ICRC in Warsaw (Polish) und in Peshawar/Pakistan (Russian) Correspondent of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) in Warsaw from June 1989 to December 1994 Political Analyst in the General Staff VBS (Swiss Defence Ministry) from 1996 to 1999 (Study of the Balkans conflict) Foreign editor at the Zürcher Oberländer with responsibility for the background pages providing in-depth coverage (2001 to 2006) Self-employed since 2008

Personality

Serious, conscientious, reliable, discrete, with integrity and modest – and yet full of humour

Interests/Hobbies

Classical music (with a particular interest for the musical tradition of Eastern Europe) Questions of controversy between philosophy and theology The history of languages and words (etymology, comparative historical grammar)