Bernhard M. Baron

Bernhard M. Baron, Leipzig Book Fair (March 20, 2010) as a talk guest at the stand of the "Bavarian Literature Foundation"

Bernhard Michael Baron (mostly Bernhard M. Baron ; born May 12, 1947 in Luhe ) is a German cultural manager and publicist .

The Bavarian State Minister for European Affairs, Emilia Müller, presented “the authentic literary mediator” Bernhard M. Baron “because of his literary historical merits” with the Federal Cross of Merit on January 17, 2011 in the large meeting room of the government of the Upper Palatinate in Regensburg.

Birthplace of Bernhard M. Baron in Luhe (white dot on the roof)

Bernhard M. Baron: Weiden in the literary geography. A history of literature [= Weidner Heimatkundliche Arbeit No. 21], Weiden idOPf. 1992, 4th edition 2007

Life

Baron, second son of the police officer Alfons Baron (1905–1980) and the master tailor Viktoria Baron (1907–1978), née Gottsmann (daughter of a union secretary), is of Upper Silesian descent and nephew of the Upper Silesian poet and social researcher Gerhart Baron (1904–1978). Baron spent his childhood and youth in Luhe and Altenstadt ad Waldnaab ( Neustadt an der Waldnaab district ). In 1964 he obtained the secondary school leaving certificate at the Lobkowitz secondary school in Neustadt ad Waldnaab and served in the air force from 1967 to 1969 (Landsberg / Lech air base and Freising radar station).

Bernhard M. Baron was an administrative clerk at the district offices in Neustadt ad Waldnaab, Regensburg and Amberg. His later studies at the Bavarian Civil Service College (1973–1976) - now: College for the Public Service - Baron graduated in 1976 with a degree in administrative management (FH) . He successfully participated in TV quiz programs on Bavarian TV (BR) , for example in 1983 with Bayern, where hardly anyone knows it, and in 1984 with Bayern-Kini . Then he was head of the culture and tourism office of the city of Weiden idOpf until May 2007 . active.

In 1984 Baron initiated the popular concert series Weidener Summer Serenades in the Max Reger Park, which is still taking place today . In 1985, Baron founded the supraregional, thematically differently oriented Weiden Literature Days , which he organized until 2007 and will continue to take place. He maintained intensive and inspiring contact with the writers Horst Mönnich , Max von der Grün , Erich Loest , Jiří Gruša , Eda Krisová , Herbert Rosendorfer and Sandra Paretti as well as with the visual artists Carlfriedrich Claus , Carl-Heinz Westenburger , Otto Herbert Hajek and Paul Schinner .

From 1973 to 2004 he built up a private author and review archive of contemporary German-language literature with over 3000 authors, and in March 2004 it was handed over to edition text + kritik ( Heinz Ludwig Arnold ) as the literary archive of Bernhard M. Baron for the Critical Lexicon German-language contemporary literature (KLG) from Boorberg-Verlag Munich.

Bernhard M. Baron was one of the initiators of the Bavarian Literature Days ( literary landscapes of Bavaria ), which have been held every two years since 2004 (as of 2010 as LITERATURE UPDATE ). He is the author of the Weidener literary history Weiden in the literary geography (Volume 21 of the series Weidner Heimatkundliche Arbeit , Verlag K. Knauf, 1992; 4th edition Bodner / Pressath 2007). Baron is thus (1992) the founder of the writing variant “literary geography” in literary studies. His many years of activity earned him the nickname "Kulturbaron". Hellmuth Karasek , literary critic, referred to Baron as "Upper Palatinate Cicerone" after his stay in Weiden (October 1998). Baron has been an advisory board member of the Munich literary magazine Literatur in Bayern since 1988 . Since 2012 Baron has also been working as an author for the new “ Literature Portal Bavaria ”, and since 2014 also an author for the Upper Silesian Eichendorff Culture and Meeting Center (OEKB) in Lubowitz / Lubowice (Poland). Member of the German-Maltese Society (Bonn) and the German-Maltese Circle (Valletta / Malta). Since May 2007 "honorary member" in the "Heimatring Weiden", the umbrella organization of all associations in Weiden idOPf., Since November 2013 " honorary member " in the " Oberpfälzer Kunstverein " (OKV) Weiden id OPf.

Baron's life and work is also reflected in the beautiful literature: Hansjörg Martin , the “father of the new German-language crime novel”, names in his short crime thriller Mörder Erben nicht (1993) the detective commissioner “Bernhard Norab” (= ananym for “Baron "). The Augsburg poet Heide von Horix-Schwesinger dedicated the poem Wörtertage (2001) to "homo litteratus" . Wolf Peter Schnetz outlines the "literary baron and cultural byroler von Weiden" in his Regensburg novel In the Year of the Sphinx. Return to the city on the river (2003). Friedrich Brandl mentions him in his poem Encounters (2007). In the crime novel The King of Weiden (2016) by Raimund A. Mader, he acts as a narrative writer and fine spirit "Robert Maria Graf".

Bernhard M. Baron is married and has three sons with seven grandchildren. He has lived alternately in Malta and the Bavarian Upper Palatinate since 2007, and in Lower Bavaria since 2019 .

Publications

• Willows in literary geography. A literary history (= Weidner local history works. No. 21). with aforewordby Jiří Gruša , Weiden idOPf. 1992, 4th amendment u. act. Edition 2007 Verlag Bodner, Pressath, ISBN 978-3-937117-54-6 .
• with Karl Bayer and Josef Mörtl: 80 years of social democracy in Weiden 1897–1977 . A contribution to the history of the Bavarian labor movement, ed. from the Democratic Education Community Upper Palatinate e. V., with a preface by Willy Brandt , Weiden idOPf. 1978., DNB 369207076 .
• with Karl Bayer and Fred Lehner: 75 years of the Social Democratic Party in Floß: 1906–1981. ed. from the SPD local association Floß , Weiden idOPf. 1981.
• with Karl Bayer and Albert Schwägerl: 75 years of the SPD Flossenbürg : 1908–1983 , ed. from the SPD local association Flossenbürg i. V. with the Democratic Education Community Upper Palatinate e. V., Weiden idOPf. 1983.
• with Karl Bayer: Weiden 1933 - A city turns brown. with a foreword by Eberhard Dünninger , Director General of Bayer. State Libraries, reprint from Medienhaus Weiden. Spintler Druck und Verlag , Weiden 1993. (4th edition. 2002)
• with Karl Bayer: The social democratic labor movement in the city of Weiden before the First World War. In: the Democratic Education Community of East Bavaria eV (Ed.): “Forward always, never backwards!”. A picture-reading book on the history of the East Bavarian labor movement. Regensburg 1985, ISBN 3-925241-00-0 , pp. 15-26.
• with Otmar Schwarzer: 10 x Weidener Literaturtage: 1985–1994. A documentation, ed. from the cultural office of the city of Weiden idOPf., Der neue Tag / Druckhaus Oberpfalz, Weiden idOPf. 1994.
• The Weiden Literature Days. In: The cultural manager. Success concepts and work aids. Part 9 [Loseblattsammlung], Stadtbergen 1996, ISBN 3-9801921-2-1 , pp. 17-25.
• Audio book (CD): Upper Palatinate literary stories. Radio Ramasuri , Weiden, December 2001.
• with Klaus Kuran and Gerda Moser: 40 years of Oberpfälzer Kunstverein e. V. Weiden: 1962-2002. (Catalog), ed. from the Oberpfälzer Kunstverein eV Weiden, Amberg 2002.
• Parkstein in the mirror of literature. In: Oberpfälzer Heimat . No. 51, 2007, ISBN 978-3-937117-49-2 , pp. 37-48.
• "Heart of Glass". A literary tour along the Glass Street . In: Oberpfälzer Heimat. No. 52 2008, ISBN 978-3-937117-63-8 , pp. 98-107.
• Sandra Paretti in Weiden / “Maybe I'm a Weidner after all?”. In: Oberpfälzer Heimat. No. 50, 2006, ISBN 3-937117-35-0 , pp. 71-80.
• Friedrich von Schiller and the Upper Palatinate . In: Oberpfälzer Heimat. No. 53, 2009, ISBN 978-3-937117-71-3 , pp. 53-60.
• The Dietrich Eckart Memorial on the Flossenbürg. From a Nazi thing site that was almost built in the Upper Palatinate. In: Oberpfälzer Heimat. No. 54, 2010, ISBN 978-3-937117-81-2 , pp. 40-54.
• Max von der Grün - One of us. Time for a personal and literary renaissance. In: Heimat - Tirschenreuth district. No. 22, 2010, ISBN 978-3-939247-04-3 , pp. 82-90.
• The teacher Elly Maldaque A woman's fate from Upper Palatinate. In: Heimat - Tirschenreuth district. No. 21, 2009, ISBN 978-3-937117-86-7 , pp. 43-51.
• Eichendorff in the Upper Palatinate. In: Oberpfälzer Heimat. No. 55, 2011, ISBN 978-3-939247-03-6 , pp. 103-116.
• Erich Loest A werewolf in the Upper Palatinate / A reminiscence. In: Oberpfälzer Heimat. No. 56, 2012, ISBN 978-3-939247-19-7 , pp. 209-224.
• MALTA in German-language literature. In: Germanmaltesecircle / Newsletters (Valletta 2012, updated 2017)
• Franz Joachim Behnisch (1920–1983). Homage on the 30th anniversary of the death of a humanist writer. In: Oberpfälzer Heimat. No. 57 2013, ISBN 978-3-939247-29-6 , pp. 5-16.
• Erich Ebermayer in Kaibitz. Remembering an (almost) forgotten writer and screenwriter. In: Oberpfälzer Heimat. Volume 58 2014, ISBN 978-3-939247-40-1 , pp. 219-229.
• Falkenberg 1945: stopover for Günter de Bruyn . In: Heimat - Tirschenreuth district. Volume 26/2014, ISBN 978-3-939247-55-5 , pp. 163-170.
• Oswald Hafner - a poet from Neustadt an der Waldnaab . In: Oberpfälzer Heimat. Volume 59, 2015, ISBN 978-3-939247-56-2 , pp. 158-166.
• Heide from Horix-Schwesinger. Homage to a lyrical woman from Upper Palatinate by choice. In: Oberpfälzer Heimat. Volume 60, 2016, ISBN 978-3-939247-69-2 , pp. 149-162.
• When Emmy Ball-Hennings visited the 'Konnersreuther Resl' in 1927 . In: Heimat - Tirschenreuth district. Volume 28, 2016, ISBN 978-3-939247-70-8 , pp. 167-175.
• Albert von Schirnding in Weiden. In: Oberpfälzer Heimat. Volume 61, 2017, ISBN 978-3-939247-88-3 , pp. 93-102.
• “Krambambuli” in the Steinwald or How Christine Neubauer and Tobias Moretti came to Erbendorf . In: home district Tirschenreuth. Volume 29, 2017, ISBN 978-3-947247-05-9 , pp. 108-116.
• Gerhard Kukofka . An Upper Silesian in Regensburg . In: Eichendorff booklets. History-Culture-Literature. No. 59/2017, published by the Upper Silesian Eichendorff Culture and Meeting Center in the series “ Editio Silesia ”, Lubowitz / Lubowice (Poland) 2017, ISSN  1730-4873 , pp. 4–13.
• Carl Amery and Tirschenreuth . A family search for traces. In: home district Tirschenreuth. Volume 30, 2018, ISBN 978-3-947247-21-9 , pp. 139-145.
• "Dialogue with Eichendorff " - the poet Ernst Josef Krzywon. In: Eichendorff booklets. History-Culture-Literature, No. 64 / Autumn 2018, ed. from the Upper Silesian Eichendorff culture and meeting center i. d. R. "Editio Silesia" , Lubowitz / Lubowice (Poland), ISSN  1730-4873 , pp. 10-17.
• Heart of Glass : A literary tour along the Bavarian Forest & Upper Palatinate Forest Glass Road , In: Das Blaue vom Himmel. Bavaria's Literature in Essays , ed. Czoik, Peter; Waiter, Stephan; Schley, Fridolin , with a preface by Bernd Sibler , Bayer. State Minister for Science and Art, series of publications by the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Vol. 10, Munich 2020, ISBN 978-3-96233-205-1 , pp. 221–233.

Awards

• Friedrich Baur Prize for Literature from the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts (1995 - laudation: Eberhard Dünninger )
• Nordgaupreis of the Upper Palatinate Cultural Association (1998 - laudation: Josef Hammer)
• Culture Prize of the Upper Palatinate District in the Literature Category (2000 - Laudation: Ludwig Spreitzer)
• "Silver Citizen Medal" of the Max-Reger-Stadt Weiden id OPf. (2007 - laudation: Lothar Höher)
• Culture award " Bridge builder / stavitel mostu " of the Centrum Bavaria Bohemia (2009 - laudation: Sissy Thammer)
• Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon for his literary historical merits (January 17, 2011 - laudation: Emilia Müller )

literature

• Stefan Wirner: Bernhard M. Baron is 70th literary detective in Malta. In: Der neue Tag (Weiden idOPf.), Culture and Magazine, No. 109 from May 12, 2017, p. 39 (online)
• Volker Klitzing: "Kulturbaron" is enjoying his birthday. In: Der neue Tag (Weiden idOPf.), People, No. 108, from May 11, 2017 (online)
• Hannes S. Macher: The "literary baron" of the Upper Palatinate . On the 70th birthday of Literature in Bavaria - member of the editorial team Bernhard M. Baron, in: LITERATUR IN BAYERN. Kulturzeitschrift, Ed. Gerd Holzheimer, Munich, No. 128 / June 2017, ISSN  0178-6857 , p. 37.
• Hermann Unterstöger : For example Weiden / OPf. / The little steps of the red baron. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. No. 43, February 21, 1987, p. 16.
• Christa Schmitt, Neither Weimar nor Tübingen, but Weiden [= episode 7 of the series “Literary Initiatives”], In: Der Literat. Trade journal for literature and art , Bad Soden, September 1992.
• Stefan Zarges, changing horses in pastures [= review of Bernhard M. Barons: pastures in literary geography. A history of literature], In: Contours. Magazine for Language, Literature and Landscape No. 1/1993, Ismaning / Munich 1993.
• Reinhold Willfurth, writer, convicted of the visit. New edition of Bernhard M. Baron's entertaining book presented , In: Oberpfälzer Nachrichten (Weiden idOPf.), From April 30th / 1st. May 1995.
• Adalbert Busl , Eberhard Dünninger , Dietz-Rüdiger Moser and others: The culture baron . Festgabe for Bernhard M. Baron on his 50th birthday on May 12, 1997. Munich 1997, ed. from the Institute for Bavarian Literary History at the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich i. V. with the Association of Friends of Bavarian Literature e. V. Munich.
• Eberhard Dünninger : A place of literature. Laudation for Bernhard M. Baron. In: Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts (Munich): Yearbook 10. 1996, ISBN 3-923657-55-2 , pp. 335-340.
• Horst Hanske : The culture baron from Weiden. Oberpfälzer has been archiving information on German-speaking authors for 32 years. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. No. 28 (BN), February 2, 2002, p. 60.
• Manfred Stuber, Bernhard M. Baron: The pedant and his underwriters. Weiden's cultural office manager has been collecting book reviews for 30 years. His files go into research , In: Mittelbayerische Zeitung (Regensburg), Bavaria / Oberpfalz, v. January 19, 2004.
• Friedrich Brandl , 20th Weiden Literature Days. A conversation with the founder and organizer Bernhard M. Baron. In: clearing. east bavarian magazine. No. 3 / July 2004, Viechtach 2004, pp. 16-17.
• Harald Mohr: News from the literary detective. Fourth edition. the "literary geography" by Bernhard M. Baron. In: Oberpfälzer Wochenzeitung. (Weiden idOPf.), 17th week, April 25, 2007.
• Clemens Fütterer, A sensual self-taught farewell. The “father” of the Weiden Literature Days , Bernhard M. Baron, is celebrating his 60th birthday and is taking early retirement , In: Der neue Tag (Weiden idOPf.), Culture, from May 11, 2007.
• Anastasia Poscharsky-Ziegler: The book baron is going to Malta. In: Literature in Bavaria. No. 88/89, June-September 2007, ISSN  0178-6857 , p. 78/79.
• Federal Cross of Merit for Bernhard M. Baron. Eulogy. In: Schlesischer Kulturspiegel. No. 1/11 (46th year), Stiftung Kulturwerk Schlesien, Würzburg 2011, p. 8, ISSN  1437-5095 .
• cf [= Clemens Fütterer]: Cross of Merit for Bernhard M. Baron. In: The new day. (Weiden idOPf.), Culture, No. 8, January 12, 2011, p. 33.
• Evi Wagner, (report) Upper Palatinate on Malta: You always have your home in you. In: LEO. [Willows] i. K. with hugo. The magazine. ed. from the media company DER NEUE TAG, issue 06 / June 2015, pp. 22-25.

Web links

Commons : Bernhard M. Baron  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Bernhard M. Baron in the catalog of the German National Library
• Bernhard M. Baron:  Baron, Bernhard Michael . Entry in the database of the Oberpfälzer Kulturbund (currently not available)
• Catalog of works on Google Books

Individual evidence

1. ^ Baron, Gerhard . In: East German Biography (Kulturportal West-Ost)
2. ↑ Bernhard M. Baron, My Upper Palatinate Childhood. Prose notes from the "Leporello of Peter Schlemihl". In: Literature in Bavaria. Volume 24, issue no. 93 / September 2008, Munich 2008, pp. 24–29, ISSN  0178-6857 .
3. ↑ Bavaria, where hardly anyone knows it , was broadcast on Saturday, April 23, 1983, 7 p.m., by Bavarian TV (BR). The moderators were Carolin Reiber and Maxl Graf . The concept came from Eugen Oker .
4. ↑ Bayern-Kini was broadcast on Wednesday, April 18, 1984 at 7 p.m. on Bayerischer Fernsehen (BR). Herbert Gogel was the moderator . The quiz questions came from Hans F. Nöhbauer .
5. ^ Homepage of the city of Weiden-Serenaden
6. ↑ Homepage of the Weidener Literature Days 2007 and earlier
7. ^ Bernhard M. Baron, Jiri Grusa (1938–2011). Bridge builders between Bohemia and the Upper Palatinate. Poet, journalist, humanist, diplomat and PEN president. In: Oberpfälzer Heimatspiegel 2013. ed. from the district home nurse Dr. Franz X. Scheuerer, Pressath 2012, ISBN 978-3-939247-26-5 , pp. 41-47.
8. ↑ Eda Kriseová , literature Punch , In: Sudetenland. European cultural magazine , quarterly for literature and art, ed. i. A. des Adalbert-Stifter-Verein , 62nd year, issue 1–2, Munich 2020, ISSN  0562-5173 , pp. 74–80.
9. ↑ Dietz-Rüdiger Moser , A Druggist from Weiden [= review], In: Herbert Rosendorfer , special issue for the 60th birthday , literature in Bavaria, ed. from the Institute for the History of Bavarian Literature at the University of Munich, 1994, ISSN  0178-6857 , p. 33.
10. ↑ Bernhard M. Baron, With “Aurora” from Annaberg-Buchholz to Weiden idOPf. In: Gerhard Wolf , Augen.Blicke.Wort.Erinnern - Encounters with Carlfriedrich Claus , Janus Press Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-928942-63-8 , pp. 249-252.
11. ↑ Bernhard M. Baron, "In the beginning was the deed!" (Goethe, Faust I, vers. 1224 f.) - Speech on the 20-year art partnership between OKV Weiden and Annaberg-Buchholz at the opening of the exhibition in the Annaberg "Erzhammer" on November 5, 2011
12. ^ Literature archive Bernhard M. Baron ( Memento from June 26, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
13. ^ Critical lexicon for contemporary German-language literature
14. ^ Homepage of the literary landscapes of Bavaria
15. ↑ Homepage of the Bavarian Literature Foundation
16. ^ Letter from Bayer. Minister of State for Education, Culture, Science and Art Hans Zehetmair (Munich) of May 16, 1995 No. 1566.
17. ↑ Barbara Piatti, The Geography of Literature. Scenes, spaces of action, spatial fantasies , Göttingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-8353-0329-4 , p. 18.
18. ↑ Adalbert Busl , Eberhard Dünninger , Dietz-Rüdiger Moser , and others. a., The Culture Baron. Festgabe for Bernhard M. Baron on his 50th birthday on May 12, 1997 , publ. from the Institute for Bavarian Literature History at the Ludwig Maximilians University iZ with the Association of Friends of Bavarian Literature eV, Munich 1997.
19. ↑ Hellmuth Karasek , The Monday gloss : Olle Joethen. In: Der Tagesspiegel. (Berlin), Culture, November 9, 1998 / No. 16512.
20. ↑ Homepage Bavarian literature portal
21. ^ Homepage German-Maltese Society
22. ^ Homepage German-Maltese Circle
23. ↑ Homepage Heimatring Weiden. id Opf. eV
24. ↑ Homepage Oberpfälzer Kunstverein
25. ↑ The new day. (Weiden idOPf.) On Monday, December 2, 2013.
26. ↑ Der neue Tag (Weiden idOPf.), Culture, from Wednesday, May 5, 1993.
27. ^ Literature in Bavaria. (Munich), No. 64 / June 2001, p. 45, ISSN  0178-6857 as well as printed in Heide von Horix-Schwesinger: Blue ships. Poems. Augsburg 2005, p. 84.
28. ↑ Wolf Peter Schnetz , In the year of the Sphinx. Return to the city on the river. A story from memory. edition lichtung, Viechtach 2003, ISBN 3-929517-62-0 , p. 134 ff.
29. ^ Friedrich Brandl : Encounters. In: clearing. East Bavarian magazine. January 2007 / I, p. 13. Also printed in: Friedrich Brandl, Bernhard Setzwein, Harald Grill: Walking on Goldenen Straße. A literary hike from Pilsen to Amberg. Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-939905-18-9 , p. 129 f.
30. ↑ Raimund A. Mader: The King of Weiden. Detective novel. Meßkirch 2016, ISBN 978-3-8392-1827-3 , pp. 85 ff.
31. ↑ Norbert Eimer: Why the Upper Palatinate, Bernhard M. Baron? In: VIVO. Beautiful life in Northern Bavaria. No. 31 / May 2013, Weiden idOPf. 2013, p. 35.
32. ↑ Carmen Merckenschlager: [Series] My Landshut: From Malta to Landshut. In: Landshuter Abendzeitung v. Thursday, November 15, 2018, p. 2.
33. ↑ German Maltese Circle / Newsletters 2012 (updated 2017) (PDF; 198 kB)
34. ↑ Eberhard Dünninger : A place of literature. Laudation for Bernhard M. Baron. In: Yearbook of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts. Volume 10, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-923657-55-2 , pp. 335-340.
35. ↑ Die Oberpfalz (Kallmünz) No. 4 from July / August 1998.
36. ^ Bernhard M. Baron:  Baron, Bernhard Michael . Entry in the database of the Oberpfälzer Kulturbund (currently not available) v
37. ^ The New Day (Weiden id Opf.) From Monday, May 14, 2007.
38. ↑ “rg” [= Ralph Gammanick]: Baron as “bridge builder”. In: The new day. (Weiden id OPf.) Of February 24, 2009.
39. ^ Federal Cross of Merit for Bernhard M. Baron. In: Schlesischer Kulturspiegel. 46th year, Würzburg 2011, p. 8.