Alexander Potyka

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Alexander Potyka (born April 9, 1957 in Vienna ) is an Austrian publisher and translator .

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Alexander Potyka attended the Lycée Français de Vienne and studied journalism in Vienna. He received his doctorate in 1983 with a dissertation on the topic: " The Little Leaf (1927-1934): Ideology and daily events for the little man".

During his studies he founded the "Dreyfuss & Potyka publishing service". This was followed by a job as a freelance editor and translator from French and English, primarily for Molden Verlag Vienna-Munich. Together with Patricia Dreyfuss-Kahane, he was the editor of the German edition of the Guide Bleus , “Blue Guide” from 1979 to 1984 . 1982–1988 he worked as editor of the German language edition of the Guida rapida of the Touring Club Italiano.

In 1984 he founded Picus Verlag with Dorothea Löcker , which they have been running together ever since. He is the translator of numerous children's books, mainly from French, Italian, Catalan and English.

Together with Erhard Löcker, he founded the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichische Privatverlage in 1987 , a platform for independent Austrian publishers of which he is the spokesperson.

From 1993 to 1995 he was a member of the preparatory committee for the Austrian focus at the Frankfurt Book Fair .

From 2000 to 2004 and since 2013 he has been chairman of the Austrian Publishers' Association , from 2004 to 2009 as President of the Main Association of the Austrian Book Trade .

Since 2000 he has been the Austrian delegate to the European Publishers' Association , Federation of European Publishers / Fédération des éditeurs européens, FEP / FEE.

Potyka is also president of the collecting society Literar-Mechana .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ [1] (1989 in revised form under the title "Das Kleine Blatt. The daily newspaper of the Red Vienna. With a foreword by Bruno Kreisky ")
  2. ↑ picus.at
  3. ↑ ARGE private publishers: industry movement in Vienna. In: buecher.at , accessed on January 2, 2018.
  4. ↑ Documentation on the Austrian focus, Frankfurter Buchgut 1995. In: onb.ac.at , accessed on January 2, 2018.
  5. ^ Presidium. In: buecher.at
  6. ↑ Organization. In: literar.at
  7. ^ Marietta and Friedrich Torberg Medal
  8. ^ Minister of Culture Drozda honors Alexander Potyka. In: ots.at , accessed on January 2, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Potyka, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian publisher, translator and lobbyist in the publishing and publishing industry
DATE OF BIRTH April 9, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna