German journalist.
Konzelmann was the middle eastern correspondent for the German state channel ARD.
In 1977 he was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for his coverage of the Lebanese civil war.
In 1990 he was accused of plagiarism by middle east expert Gernot Rotter who also exposed the fact that Konzelmann couldn't speak Arabic.
Besides writing non-fiction Konzelmann also wrote operas.



