Marian Blasberg

Marian Blasberg was selected for the 2026 Shortlist with A Daring Escape from China to the U.S. via the Darién Gap.

Marian Blasberg was born in Düsseldorf, where he later studied philosophy and literature. In 2004/05, he attended the Deutsche Journalistenschule in Munich. From 2006 to 2014, he worked as a reporter for Die Zeit. Since 2014, he has been a staff writer at DER SPIEGEL and is now based in Rio de Janeiro.