Armin Abmeier
Armin Abmeier (born January 7, 1940 in Göttingen ; † July 24, 2012 in Munich ) was a German bookseller and publisher .
Abmeier worked as a bookseller, in publishing advertising and as a freelance publisher's agent for the Greno , Hanser , Schirmer / Mosel and Wagenbach publishers, among others . Since the 1990s he has published Die Tollen Hefte and led events on the subject of books and illustration at various universities . Rotraut Susanne Berner has continued to publish the Tollen Hefte since his death.
Abmeier lived in Munich until his death, was the curator of the Illustration Foundation and founded Die Tolle Galerie in 2010 . His wife was Rotraut Susanne Berner , in whose Wimmel books he is immortalized as Armin, the bookseller .
Awards
- 2004: Bronze medal of the exhibition Most beautiful books from all over the world for food
- 2006: Lynx of the month for Listen, there is no animal so small that a brother of yours cannot be
- 2006: Book of the month by the Institute for Youth Literature for Listen, there is no animal so small that a brother of yours cannot be
- 2007: Honorable Mention at the Bologna Ragazzi Award for Listen, there is no animal so small that a brother of yours cannot be
- 2008: Toad of the Month for Alphabet and Pencil. The world of images by Rotraut Susanne Berner
Web links
- Literature by and about Armin Abmeier in the catalog of the German National Library
- Andreas Platthaus: On the death of the publisher Armin Abmeier - those who searched like him found abundant . Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of July 24, 2012
- Michael Krüger : A book lover . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung of July 25, 2012 (only accessible to SZ users)
- Armin Abmeier at Perlentaucher.de
- Website The great booklets
Individual evidence
- ↑ buchmarkt.de: Died: Armin Abmeier , accessed on July 25, 2012.
- ↑ http://m.boersenblatt.net/543155/template/bbm_tpl_personalia/
- ↑ http://woman.brigitte.de/kultur/buecher/rotraut-susanne-berner-1012397/
- ↑ http://nachrichten.rp-online.de/kultur/armin-aus-wimmlingen-armin-abmeier-gestorben-1.2928923
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Abmeier, Armin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German bookseller and publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 7, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Goettingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 24, 2012 |
| Place of death | Munich |