Karl Blessing (publisher)
Karl Herbert Blessing (born March 24, 1941 in Berlin ; † March 12, 2005 in Munich ) was a German publisher .
life and work
Karl Blessing was the son of the banker Karl Blessing , who was President of the Deutsche Bundesbank from 1958 to 1969 . He completed his German studies with a doctorate on Alfred Döblin .
In 1982 Blessing returned to the Georg von Holtzbrinck publishing group after having worked at Reader's Digest in the USA from 1976 . From 1982 to 1995 he was a publisher at Holtzbrinck and program manager of the Knaur and Kindler publishers belonging to the group .
In 1996, Blessing founded the Karl Blessing Verlag with Bertelsmann AG . He published bestsellers such as Kathy Reichs ' crime novel Totenmontag or Frank Schirrmacher's study The Methuselah plot and authors such as Michael Crichton , Noah Gordon , Dieter Hildebrandt , Milena Moser , Arundhati Roy or Tom Wolfe .
In 2004, Karl Blessing was voted Publisher of the Year by the trade magazine BuchMarkt .
Karl Blessing died on March 12, 2005 a few days before the age of 64 after suffering from severe cancer. He found his final resting place in Munich's north cemetery .
Web links
- Literature by and about Karl Blessing in the catalog of the German National Library
- Website of the Karl Blessing Verlag
Footnotes
- ^ Karl H. Blessing. buchmarkt.de, March 13, 2005, accessed on September 29, 2019 .
- ↑ Management by bullying. focus.de, December 14, 1995, accessed on September 29, 2019 .
- ^ Blessing Verlag. randomhouse.de, June 2019, accessed on September 29, 2019 .
- ↑ Dr. Karl H. Blessing voted Publisher of the Year. buchmarkt.de, November 29, 2004, accessed on September 29, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Blessing, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Blessing, Karl Herbert (full name); Blessing, Karl H. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 24, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 12, 2005 |
| Place of death | Munich |