Erich von Däniken
Born on April 14th, 1935, in Zofingen, Switzerland, Erich von
Däniken was educated at the College St-Michel in Fribourg, where already
as a student he occupied his time with the study of the ancient holy
writings. While managing director of a Swiss 5-Star Hotel, he wrote his
first book, Chariots of the Gods,which was an immediate bestseller in the United States, Germany, and later in 38 other countries.
In the United States, Erich von Däniken won instant fame as a result
of the television special "In Search of Ancient Astronauts," based upon
his first book. In 1993, the German television station SAT-1 started a
twenty-five part TV series with and by Erich von Däniken, entitled "Auf
den Spuren der All-Mächtigen" (Pathways of the Gods). In 1996, the
American TV company ABC/Kane produced a one-hour special, filmed all
over the world, entitled Chariots of the Gods - The Mysteries Continue.
This film was broadcast on the ABC network on September 26th 1996. In
1996/97 ABC/Kane produced another documentary with Erich von Däniken
(seen on the Discovery Channel). In Germany, the biggest TV network,
RTL, showed the film on November 26th, 1996. 7,7 million viewersin
Germany alone watched the program. Today, Erich von Däniken continues
his filming with ABC and RTL.
Erich von Däniken's latest book just translated and now published is: Twilight of the Gods: The Mayan Calendar and the Return of the Extr....
In this book Erich von Däniken meticulously investigates the mysteries
surrounding the Mayan calendar, its amazing connection to the Ancient
Astronaut Theory, and tantalizing information on the extraterrestrials
prophetic return to Earth. In late 2011 von Däniken's Odyssey of the
Gods will also be re-released with new information on the history of the
Greeks and possible locations to Atlantis. An overview on all
publications of Erich von Däniken including a link to the Swiss Natrial
Library collecting all translation is listed on the bibliography page.
Erich von Däniken's publications are available from legendarytimesbooks.com, the online bookstore of his international research association A.A.S. R.A. / legendarytimes.com.
Erich von Däniken's books have been translated into 32 languages, and
have sold 63 million copies worldwide. From his books two full-length
documentary films have been produced: Chariots of the Gods and Messages
of the Gods.Of the more than 3,000 lectures which Erich von Däniken has
given in 25 countries, over 500 were presented at universities. Fluent
in four languages, Erich von Däniken is an avid researcher and a
compulsive traveller, averaging 100'000 miles each year to remote spots
of the Earth. This enables him to closely examine the phenomena about
which he writes.
Erich von Däniken is a member of the Swiss writers association, the
German writers association, and the International PEN-Club. He was
awarded with an Honorary Doctorate degree by the "La Universidad
Boliviana" ("Gral. Jose Ballivian, Doctor Honoris Causa: Trinidad, 12 de
febrero de 1975"). [Image of Honorary Doctorate: front side and (with confirmations) back side.]
He received the "Huesped Illustre" award from the cities of Ica and
Nazca in Peru. In Brasil he received the "Lourenço Filho" award in Gold
and Platin, and in Germany he was awarded with the "Order of Gordon Bleu
du Saint Esprit" (together with the German astronaut Ulf Merbold). In
2004 he was awarded with the "Explorers Festival" prize [Image: front side and (with explanations) back side.] . 2003: Ideas Oscar for Mysteries of the World Theme Park founder Erich von Däniken.
Today, Erich von Däniken lives in the small mountain-village of
Beatenberg in Switzerland (40 miles from Berne, above the city of
Interlaken). In 2003 the "Mysteries of the World Theme Park", the
Mystery Park, initialized by Erich von Däniken opened in Interlaken,
Switzerland. A platform for the presentation and research of the
mysteries of the world, including Paleo-SETI, the so called Ancient
Astronaut Theory. 2009 the theme park changed its name from "Mystery
Park" to "Jungfrau Park".
Airing in 2010, the ANCIENT ALIENSthe
documentation of the Hisory channel started. Season 3 of ANCIENT ALIENS
- THE SERIES set to premiere SUMMER 2011 on the History Channel! So
far, there have been two Seasons of ANCIENT ALIENS - THE SERIES,
consisting of 22 hours of network television time! Season 1 featured six
2-hr episodes and Season 2 featured ten 1-hr episodes. Giorgio A.
Tsoukalos of the Center for Ancient Astronaut Research and Publisher of
Legendary Times Magazine served (and serves) as the series' Consulting
Producer. Season 1 and Season 2 are currently on reruns on the History
Channel.
In 1998, Erich von Däniken co-founded the Archaeology, Astronautics and SETI Research Association , A.A.S. R.A. which publishes the English journal Legendary Times™ reporting about the latest research in the Paleo-SETIfield.
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