Bührnheim's literature salon

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Bührnheims Literatursalon is a literary salon founded in Leipzig by the bookseller and antiquarian Dieter Bührnheim (1949–2019) . It sees itself as a modern form of meeting place for readings and discussions that has been cultivated since the 18th century and known as the salon .

concept

The literary salon takes place on the premises of the former Faber & Faber publishing houseat Mozartstrasse 8 in Leipzig, where there is a bookstore and an antiquarian bookshop. Due to the specialization of the antiquarian bookshop in signed books, numerous contacts arose with authors, scientists, artists but also personalities from politics and business, which inspired Bührnheim to found his literary salon in 2008. Bürnheim, who only found his way to the book trade after his professional life in the energy industry, wants to bring people from business, politics and literature into conversation with one another. He also justifies his literary salon with the fact that people have less and less time to read due to competition from other media; in conversations, the introduction of new books should encourage reading. But Bührnheim's salon also differs in a broader range of topics from the Berlin one, for exampleLiterature salon on Kollwitzplatz , which only deals with new literature. For example, in the Robert Blum Salon Talks series , moderated by journalist Holger Gemmer, political issues are discussed three times a year. In the book Bührnheims Literatursalon und others ... edited by Bianca Papke , comparisons are made between past literary salons and successful salons from today.

The evening events of the salon take place by invitation, whereby anyone can register to receive the invitations. During the Leipzig Book Fair , the daily events are open to the public.

Guests (selection)

Egon Ammann , Wilhelm Bartsch , Gunter Böhnke , Annekatrin Bürger , Sabrina Capitani , Angela Elis , Elmar Faber , Raimund Fellinger , Jan Flieger , Anke Geißler , Iris Hanika , Finn-Ole Heinrich , Egbert Herfurth , Karl-Georg Hirsch , Wolfgang Hocquél , Janice Jakait , Burkhard Jung , Anja Kampmann , Küf Kaufmann , Stephan Krawczyk , Ulrike Kolb , Henner Kotte , Daniela Krien , Sebastian Krumbiegel , Bernd-Lutz Lange , Ursula Mattheuer-Neustädt , Clemens Meyer , Max Moor , Jan-Hendrik Olbertz , Katja Oskamp , Jutta Pillat , Andreas Reimann , Udo Reiter , Friedrich Schorlemmer , Susanne Schüssler , Jens Sparschuh , Hans-Ulrich Treichel , Albert Wendt , René Zeyer

Honor

In 2016 Dieter Bührnheim was awarded the German Bookshop Prize for “Bührnheims Antiquariat und Literatursalon” . Bührnheim was honored explicitly for his literary salon, because here almost forgotten traditions of discussion, not only about books, come to life, and he still lets them take place in a representative environment as before.

literature

  • Claudia Forner: Reviving a Forgotten Tradition - Bührnheim's Literature Salon . In: Leipziger Blätter . No. 64 , 2014, p. 93-95 .
  • Papke, Bianca: Bührnheims literary salon and others ... a little insight into the literary salons of the past and present , Verlag Edition Die Bücher für Demanding, ISBN 978-3-00-025587-8
  • Johannes Eichenthal: Robert Schumann and Leipzig , lecture by Horst Nalewski, editor: The Litterata - Technology and Poetry in Central Europe is a feature section of the Mironde Verlag and the Gerd Hofmann Circle of Friends
  • Johannes Eichenthal: Read Kleist , report, publisher: Mironde Verlag

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dieter Bührnheim, founder of a literary salon, is dead. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung, August 20, 2019
  2. ↑ Dieter Bührnheim. In: Pirckheimer Society. Retrieved August 27, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Literary Salon. In: Börsenblatt. Retrieved April 15, 2019 .
  4. ↑ It all started with Henry Miller. In: Buchstadt-Leipzig.wordpress. Retrieved April 15, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Leipziger Blätter 2014, issue 64, p. 93
  6. ↑ In love with Leipzig. In: Under the Roof, lvz.de. Retrieved April 15, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Take time to talk. In: Buchstadt-Leipzig.wordpress. Retrieved April 21, 2019 .
  8. ↑ People come to read less and less. In: Börsenblatt 2018, comment / discussion. Retrieved April 22, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Press release of October 5, 2016. In: The Commissioner of the Federal Government. Retrieved April 29, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Living with books, German bookstore award. In: Börsenblatt. Retrieved March 9, 2019 .
  11. ↑ List: Minister of State for Culture announces nominations. In: Börsenblatt. Retrieved April 16, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Art Minister Stange: "Small bookshops are islands of education and reflection". In: sachsen.de. Retrieved April 17, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Let it be read differently. In: taz.de. Retrieved April 18, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Islands Defying the Storm of Ages. In: lyrikgesellschaft.de. Retrieved April 22, 2019 .
  15. ^ Robert Schumann and Leipzig, reports. In: Litterata, feature section of the Mironde Verlag. Retrieved April 18, 2019 .
  16. ↑ Read Kleist, reports. In: Litterata, features section of the Mirondo Verlag. Retrieved April 20, 2019 .