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Blumenbar was an independent book publisher that was founded in 2002 by culture editor Wolfgang Farkas (* 1967) and publishing clerk Lars Birken-Bertsch (* 1968) in Munich and had its headquarters in Berlin from September 2009. Since March 2012, Blumenbar has been operated as an imprint of the Berlin Aufbau-Verlag .
history
Blumenbar emerged from the literary salon of the same name , which the two founders have been holding since 1997 in their apartment on Blumenstrasse in Munich and at different locations. The establishment of the Blumenbar Club , a literary and culturally interested community, played a decisive role in founding the publishing house . In the course of time, Blumenbar developed into one of the best-known and most influential labels in the younger publishing scene. From 2006 the publishing house was operated as a limited partnership . In 2008 a venture investor bought in. Blumenbar belonged to the group of independent publishers . The program with a focus on contemporary German and international literature stood for a crossover of literature, art, pop culture, club culture and socio-political issues.
At the beginning of 2012, the Blumenbar brand was sold to the Aufbau publishing group. The publishing responsibility for the newly positioned Blumenbar Verlag was taken over by René Strien, managing director of the structure, until he left. Today the publishing responsibility lies with the Aufbau publishing house manager Gunnar Cynybulk , who brought Monika Zeiner and Bov Bjerg into the publishing house.
Authors of the publisher
The German-language pool of authors at the original publisher included Matthias Hirth, FX Karl, Olaf Kraemer , Tom Kummer , Hans-Peter Kunisch , PeterLicht , Thomas Palzer , Jasmin Ramadan , Walter Rufer, Alexander Schimmelbusch , Carmen Stephan, Alexander Wallasch , Raul Zelik and Anne Zielke . International authors include Paul Beatty, Zaza Burchuladze , Leonard Cohen , Erin Cosgrove, Tracey Emin , Matias Faldbakken , Sebastian Horsley , Leena Krohn, Alban Lefranc , Paulo Lins , Richard Milward, Murathan Mungan , Tony Parsons, Joseba Sarrionandía and Hunter S. Thompson .
activities
In addition to publishing books, Blumenbar organized events and temporary bars. Stations included the Old Congress Hall in Munich, the Munich Art Association in the Hofgarten and the New House of the Münchner Kammerspiele .
In 2009, Blumenbar initiated the Hotlist , the annual book prize awarded by independent publishers.
Awards
- 2003 Book Market Award in gold
- 2006 All previous titles are included in the graphic collection of the Pinakothek der Moderne
- 2006 Longlist nomination for the German Book Prize for the novel "Berlin Conditions" by Raul Zelik
- 2007 3Sat Prize and Audience Prize at the Ingeborg Bachmann Competition for Peter Licht
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Short biography Farkas , The European . Retrieved November 13, 2019
- ↑ Bertsch, Vita . Retrieved November 13, 2019
- ↑ Blumenbar moves to Berlin , BuchMarkt online, August 24, 2009
- ↑ Assembling is done by Blumenbar , BuchMarkt online, March 15, 2012