Czernin publishing house
| Czernin Verlags GmbH
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1999 |
| Seat | Vienna |
| management | Benedikt Foeger |
| Branch | publishing company |
| Website | czernin-verlag.com |
The Czernin Verlag is an Austrian book publisher based in Vienna .
history
The Czernin Verlag was founded in 1999 by the Austrian journalist and author Hubertus Czernin . In the spring of 2004 Benedikt Föger and Klaus Gadermaier took over the management of the publishing house, and Benedikt Föger has been managing the company as sole managing partner since 2008. Benedikt Föger has also been President of the Main Association of the Austrian Book Trade since 2014.
According to its own definition, the publishing concept is "based on the idea of sensitizing people to 'uncomfortable' topics on the basis of Austrian cultural and intellectual history, promoting critical discourse within society and thus supporting the democratic principle."
The Czernin Verlag logo, the feather sword, is taken from the family coat of arms of the Bohemian noble family Czernin von und zu Chudenitz , from which the publisher's founder came from.
Publishing program
Czernin Verlag publishes around 20 book titles per year, a total of around 500 titles are available (as of March 2020). The thematic focus of the Czernin Verlag lies in the areas of non-fiction and literature. In addition to the publication of books on contemporary history , in particular National Socialism , politics, art and the history of exile, another focus is on current Austrian literature.
Topics of the Czernin Verlag in the field of non-fiction are u. a. Contemporary history, dealing with the aftermath of National Socialism in Austria and Europe and political non-fiction books for young people.
Particular attention in the program of the Czernin Verlag is the library of robbery , a series on the subject of art restitution , which was brought into being by Hubertus Czernin to the results of his own journalistic research on art theft during the time of National Socialism and the return of the works of art to the legitimate Document owners after World War II. The climax of this international discussion was the establishment in 2006 of the legality of Maria Altmann's and co-heirs' claims for the return of five paintings by Gustav Klimt from the holdings of the Austrian Gallery Belvedere .
Another series of books by Czernin Verlag is the Library of Remembrance , in which out of print texts that are of literary or scientific interest are made accessible again.
In the field of literature, the focus of the Czernin Verlag is on the one hand on the publication of literary debuts by Austrian authors and on the other hand on the publication of texts that have a modern, urban character. These include collections of current columns by Austrian journalists.
The publisher's authors include a. Ela Angerer , Austrofred , Barbara Coudenhove-Kalergi , Paul Divjak, Christian Futscher , Nina Horaczek , Rudi Klein , Doris Knecht , Margaretha Kopeinig, Thomas Maurer , Rainer Nikowitz, Alfred J. Noll , Peter Pilz , Manfred Rebhandl, David Schalko , Brigitte Schwaiger , Erhard Stackl, Michael Stavarič , Dirk Stermann , Ana Tajder, Thomas Trenkler , Lojze Wieser , Armin Wolf and Hansjörg Zauner .
Prices
- Bruno Kreisky Prize for the political book 2003 (recognition prize): Sophie Lillie for Was once war
- Bruno Kreisky Prize for the political book 2004 (for publishing work): Benedikt Föger / Czernin Verlag
- Dresden Poetry Prize 2008: Christian Futscher for poems from The Flowers of Blood
- Bruno Kreisky Prize for the political book 2009: Erhard Stackl for 1989. The fall of the dictatorships
- Science Award of the Margaretha Lupac Foundation 2009: Hubert Sickinger for political funding in Austria
- Theodor Kramer Prize 2015: Hazel Rosenstrauch
- Bruno Kreisky Prize for the political book 2015 (recognition prize): Nina Horaczek & Sebastian Wiese for Counter Prejudice
- Science Book of the Year 2016: Nina Horaczek & Sebastian Wiese for Counter Prejudice
Web links
- Czernin Verlag website
- Antiheimat-Verlag publisher's portrait, Neue Zürcher Zeitung , March 4, 2005
Individual evidence
- ^ Benedikt Föger - Czernin Verlag - Authors. Retrieved March 29, 2020 .
- ↑ Main Association of the Austrian Book Trade - Who Is Who ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Website of the Main Association of the Austrian Book Trade. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
- ^ The Czernin Verlag - The Idea , website of the Czernin Verlag. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
- ^ Overview of the publishing program , website of the Czernin Verlag. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
