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SVANTE DOMIZLAFF

„SVANTE DOMIZLAFF, SON OF A PRE-WWI PARIS ART STUDENT WHO BECAME A MODERN ADVERTISING ICON, IS A HAMBURG-BORN AUTHOR KNOWN FOR HIS JOURNALISTIC, RESEARCH-DRIVEN STORYTELLING. INITIALLY FOCUSED ON MARITIME TOPICS, HE BROADENED HIS SCOPE OVER TIME. HE SURVIVED THE DRAMATIC 1979 FASTNET YACHT RACE AND WROTE A BESTSELLER ABOUT IT. HE JOINED CAPE HORN’S LAST SAILING CAPTAINS ON THEIR FAREWELL VOYAGE AND EXPOSED CRUELTY IN SHOW JUMPING, EARNING AN INTERVIEW WITH PRINCESS ANNE. AS THE FIRST JOURNALIST INSIDE THE BRITISH ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON, HE’S PENNED BIOGRAPHIES OF FAMILIES, BUSINESSES, AND PEOPLE. HIS BOOK ON HAMBURG’S ELBCHAUSSEE BECAME A RECENT BESTSELLER. WITH NEARLY 50 TITLES PUBLISHED, DOMIZLAFF REMAINS A TRUSTED VOICE - NEVER ONCE CHALLENGED BY A COUNTERSTATEMENT.“

- PROF. DR. VOLKER STEINKRAUS

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