Provincial Library

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The Verlag Bibliothek der Provinz is an Austrian publisher that has received many awards for its high quality books in terms of content and form from and about the Austrian cultural area.

history

The then teacher Richard Pils founded the publishing house in 1989, initially as a temporary project, was able to succeed and is still in charge today. The provincial library is located in the Angerdorf Großwolfgers near Weitra in the upper Waldviertel . The focus of the publishing program is on Austrian literature and fiction, regionalia, photo and art books as well as children's books. Over 1700 titles had appeared by 2017. In 2015, the publisher employed twelve people. The publisher's books "are printed in small editions and stored until they have found a buyer at full price." "The lateral entrant brought and publishes the books that he would like to buy himself."

According to Renate Just, the publisher offers “not only a wealth of highly aesthetic, but also socially critical Waldviertel books [.], Exquisite photo volumes , but also selected literature in beautiful editions, from Stifter to Tabori to Achternbusch, biographical volumes about Thomas Bernhard and Axel Corti , multiple award-winning children's books. ”Pils publishers' favorites include u. a. the author and "playmaker" George Tabori , "the publisher's icon", and the writer Thomas Bernhard , for whom he had a book sculpture set up in his homestead. The provincial library has dedicated a complete edition to the director, writer and painter Herbert Achternbusch , who has lived in the Waldviertel since the late 1990s , after all German publishers had refused to continue publishing him.

In 2000, Pils considered the five-volume series of landscape portraits by photographer Gerhard Trumler named after minerals - especially the fourth volume - to be “the most beautiful book I have ever made”. The photo books on Austrian cultural landscapes were published from 1994 to 2005 and are accompanied by texts by the Austrian poet Adalbert Stifter from his work Bunte Steine .

Illustrators like Angelika Kaufmann or Linda Wolfsgruber prefer to publish in the library of the province of Pils, "thanks to the love and openness that he shows the visual arts".

From 1996 to 2016, Pils hosted a literature and art festival at Raabs an der Thaya Castle , the Poet Festival . For three days every year in August, the publisher presented its new publications with readings and a diverse cultural program. Writers, artists and readers were given the opportunity to get to know each other personally.

Visitors to the publishing house in Großwolfgers can look at and read all of the publishing house's books in a reading room there.

Awards

The provincial library has received many awards for its high quality book design and illustrations. The publishing house was several times awarded the Austrian State Prize " The most beautiful books of Austria ," The 7 best books for young readers , Lynx price the German weekly Time , Children's Book Award of the City of Vienna , Premio Andersen , Joseph Binder Award , Austrian Children's and youth book award , tz- rose, Printissimo (Austrian paper industry award).

Examples

Authors in the publishing house (selection)

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Illustrators (selection)

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Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alexander Glück: Easy reading ... The publisher Richard Pils and his "Library of the Province". 1999
  2. ↑ a b Markus Lohninger: Großwolfgers. The most beautiful book is white. In: Niederösterreichische Nachrichten , March 11, 2015.
  3. ^ A b Verlag Bibliothek der Provinz. In: KinderundJugendmedien.de , accessed on September 7, 2017.
  4. ↑ a b Renate Just: Quiet land, holy land. The Waldviertel in Lower Austria is perhaps the loneliest area in Europe. Made for a winter trip. ( Memento from June 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). In: Zeitmagazin , December 22, 2003, page 3. Complete article. ( Memento from June 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive ).
  5. ↑ Peter Roos : The provincial library in Raabs Castle. Poet festival in the province. ( Memento of August 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). In: Die Zeit , September 2, 2004, No. 37.
  6. ^ Günther Nenning : A provincial banalist first class. ( Memento from January 21, 2017 in the Internet Archive ). In: Zeitmagazin , March 5, 1993, No. 10.
  7. ↑ Cornelia Niedermeier: “Life is too short to clap with both hands.” An Achternbusch homage at its finest. In: Der Standard , August 22, 2002.
  8. ↑ Cornelia Niedermeier and Claus Philipp: "Because heaven knows no mercy." In: Der Standard , September 27, 2000.
  9. ↑ APA : Trumler splendid volume to dream. In: Neues Volksblatt , December 21, 2000, beginning of the article.
  10. ↑ Cornelia Niedermeier: "Every book is an eye on being human". In: Der Standard , August 28, 2009.
  11. ↑ 20th Poet Festival at Raabs Castle. In: Bibliothek der Provinz , 2016, program of the last Poet Festival s.
  12. ↑ Cornelia Niedermeier: Rare moments of happiness at the Poet Festival in Raab Castle. In: Der Standard , August 22, 2004.
  13. ↑ a b State Prize for Most Beautiful Books in Austria. In: Federal Chancellery , 2017, accessed on September 7, 2017.
  14. ↑ The Danube. Stations on the river • Mella Waldstein, Manfred Horvath. In: Library of the Province , 2017, see last paragraph, accessed September 7, 2017.
  15. ↑ Richard Pils. In: Library of the Province , 2017, accessed September 7, 2017.
  16. ↑ Markus Jeschaunig - line projects | Line projects. In: Provincial Library , 2014, accessed September 7, 2017.
  17. ↑ Reviews: Crocodile • Alice Wellinger. In: Provincial Library , 2012, accessed September 7, 2017.
  18. ↑ Bear word play book. ( Memento of the original from September 8, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.schoenstebuecher.at archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: schoenstebuecher.at , accessed on September 7, 2017; Reviews .
  19. ↑ Of the wild women. A book of legends [The Legends of the Saligen] • Martin Auer and Linda Wolfsgruber . In: Library of the Province , 2017, accessed September 7, 2017.
  20. ↑ Renate Habinger. In: Library of the Province , 2017, accessed September 7, 2017.
  21. ↑ Official website of Nomi Baumgartl
  22. ^ Official website of Roman Scheidl
  23. ^ Official website of László Varvasovszky
  24. ↑ Official site of Alice Wellinger