Larissa Vassilian (born 17 June 1976) is a German journalist of German-Armenian descent. She became famous for her podcast "Schlaflos in München" (Sleepless in Munich), using the stage name Annik Rubens.[1][2] The podcast had over 10,000 listeners daily, making her one of the most successful podcasters in the German language[1] and winning a prestigious Podcast Awards in 2005 in the "Nonenglish" category.[3] For German-language learners, she made another project called "Slow German" – a podcast on a variety of topics using clear slow pronunciation and with accompanying transcript.[4]

Vassilian was born in Konstanz, West Germany, to an Armenian father (Rouben Vassilian) and a Bavarian mother (Sylvia Vassilian).[1] She attended the Franz-Marc-Gymnasium school in Markt Schwaben. After high school, from 1995 to 2003, she studied for a master's degree program in American cultural history, political science and ethnology at the Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich. In 2003 and 2004 she completed a correspondence course in freelance and feature writing from the London School of Journalism. She lives in Munich.

References

  1. 1 2 3 ""Es ist wie ein vertrautes Anrufbeantworter- Geplänkel"". Deutschlandradio Kultur. 25 January 2007.
  2. ↑ Jarvis, Jeff (28 November 2005). "Lessons for us all from the princess of podcasting". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "2005 People's Choice Podcast Award Winners". podcastconnect.com.
  4. ↑ "Learn German via Internet – offers and resources". learn-german-online.net. 31 March 2015.
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