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Reiner Luyken (* 11 October 1951 in Starnberg, Germany), is an award-winning German journalist living in the Scottish Highlands. He is a senior international correspondent and columnist of the liberal German weekly newspaper DIE ZEIT. He is married, has four children and one grandchild.

Career
Luyken was educated at a classical grammar school in Munich. Afterwards, he completed an apprenticeship as harpsichord builder and worked for varying periods as organ maker, carpenter and long distance lorry driver. In 1978, he moved to Scotland where he worked for six years as a salmon fisher. DIE ZEIT published his first article in 1982. Until 1994 he wrote on a freelance basis for DIE ZEIT, GEO, Merian und other publications. Since then he is under contract with DIE ZEIT.

Awards

 * 1984 Fellow of the Michael Jürgen Leisler Kiep Foundation
 * 1986 Best Reportage Award by the German Steel Workers Union
 * 1990 Best Economic Reportage of the Year
 * 1995 German-British Journalist Award
 * 1996 Theodor-Wolff-Preis
 * 2005 Media Prize of the Johanna Quandt-Foundation
 * 2008 First prize of the Friedrich und Isabel Vogel-Foundation.