Diederichs Verlag

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Diederichs Verlag
founding   September 14, 1896
Seat   Munich , Germany
publisher   Thomas Rathnow
Publisher number   978-3-424
978-3-7205
978-3-89631
Publishing group   Random House
genus   Fiction , non-fiction
Website   www.randomhouse.de

The Diederichs publishing house is a German publishing house with seat in Munich . It was founded in 1896 by Eugen Diederichs and decisively shaped intellectual life at the beginning of the 20th century . After three generations of family ownership, Diederichs Verlag belonged to Hugendubel from 1988 . Since 2008 he has been an independent part of the Random House publishing group .

history

The trained bookseller Eugen Diederichs (1867–1930) traveled to Italy after the death of his father. The travel reports published in his hometown Naumburg (Saale) formed the basis of his publishing activities. In 1896 Diederichs founded his book publisher. Initially based in Florence , Diederichs later moved his publishing house to Leipzig and finally settled in Jena in 1904 . There he reached the height of his work. Thanks to Diederich's work, the Thuringian university town developed into one of the most important German publishing locations.

Classical and romantic literary works were on the program as well as non-fiction books. In addition to work editions such as those by Hans Christian Andersen, Henri Bergson, Maxim Gorki, Søren Kierkegaard, Leo N. Tolstoy and Anton Chekhov, numerous book series have been published such as the “Monographs on German Cultural History”. In addition to the “ Thule Collection ”, the “ Fairy Tales of World Literature ”, whose total bibliography to date comprises 174 editions, were particularly important .

In the 1930s, Diederich's sons Niels and Peter continued to run the publishing house. During the Nazi era, they adapted the portfolio to the intellectual requirements of the regime. After the Second World War, both resumed operations in Düsseldorf and Cologne . From 1973 to 1988 Diederich's grandson Ulf ran the publishing house. Due to economic difficulties it was finally sold to Heinrich Hugendubel . He tried to position the publisher “between tradition and innovation”. In 1999 Diederichs became an imprint of the Hugendubel publishing house and with this was sold to the business lawyer Monika Roell .

In 2008 the Random House publishing group announced the takeover of the Imprints, including Diederichs, belonging to Hugendubel Verlag. The archive of the publisher and the family came under the roof of the Thuringian University and State Library . While the focus was on “world cultures, fairy tales from world literature and world religions”, the profile of Diederichs Verlag was changed several times in the following years and the program was gradually rebuilt.

program

Cover of the licensed new edition “ One hour behind midnight ” by Hermann Hesse

Today Diederichs Verlag stands for inspiring and meaningful texts in the form of biographies, novels, memoirs, modern fairy tales and poetry. Well-known authors in recent years include Igal Avidan , Eva Padberg , and Botho Strauss . The available program currently comprises 90 titles, many of them under the Diederichs Digital label as e-books . Diederichs has occasionally published audio books . The new publications include the licensed new edition “ One hour behind midnight ” by Hermann Hesse , whose debut was published by Diederichs Verlag in 1899, and the fable “The dog, the wolf and the secret” by Folco Terzani .

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Individual evidence

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  4. ↑ a b c Ulrike Merkel: Early family patchwork in the Diederichs house . In: Thüringische Landeszeitung . December 22, 2016, p. 12 .
  5. ↑ A meeting place for modern spirits? Hundred years of Eugen Diederichs publishing house. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . September 14, 1996, p. 47 .
  6. ^ Wieland Führ: Field of culture plowed . In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung . 2nd April 2016.
  7. ↑ Kai Agthe: A striking figure in literary life . In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung . 4th August 2014.
  8. ↑ Monographs on German cultural history. German National Library, accessed on May 28, 2019 .
  9. ^ Ute Schneider: Profession: cultural publisher . In: The world . Rubric: Literary World. August 16, 2014, p. 7 .
  10. ↑ a b fashion designer, myth weaver . The Eugen Diederichs Verlag is 100 years old. In: Der Tagesspiegel . September 14, 1996.
  11. ↑ Here the house altar is burning. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. February 9, 2000, accessed May 10, 2019 .
  12. ^ Publisher and author Ulf Diederichs has died. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. June 5, 2014, accessed May 10, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Christina Niem: Eugen Diederichs and the folklore: A publisher and its importance for the development of science . In: Society for Folklore in Rhineland-Palatinate (Ed.): Mainzer contributions to cultural anthropology / folklore . tape 10 . Waxmann Verlag, Münster, New York 2015, p. 53 .
  14. ↑ a b Irmgard Heidler: The archive of the Eugen Diederichs publishing house and the Diederichs bequests in the Thuringian university and state library . S. 277 .
  15. ↑ Random House buys Hugendubel Verlage. In: Börsenblatt. May 23, 2008, accessed May 10, 2019 .
  16. ↑ Random House buys Hugendubel publishers. In: Book Market. May 23, 2008, accessed May 10, 2019 .
  17. ↑ a b Diederichs Verlag. Random House Publishing Group, accessed May 10, 2019 .
  18. ↑ Swastikas in the Holy Land . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . February 15, 2009, p. 23 .
  19. ↑ Family of brightly colored birds . About the person: Eva Padberg. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung . October 22, 2011, p. 21 .
  20. ↑ Andrea Köhler: Idiots of love: Botho Strauss or the uprising against the all around informed world . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . August 31, 2013, p. 62 .
  21. ↑ Books A – Z. Random House Publishing Group, accessed May 10, 2019 .
  22. ↑ New publications. Random House Publishing Group, accessed May 10, 2019 .

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