Eberhard Wesemann

Eberhard Wesemann (born January 7, 1944 in Leipzig ) is a German publisher , editor and translator .

Life

After attending the Thomasschule in Leipzig , Eberhard Wesemann studied Romance and German at the University of Leipzig . From 1971 to 2008 he worked in the editorial offices of the Insel , Suhrkamp and Deutscher Klassiker Verlag publishers in Frankfurt am Main and Leipzig .

In addition to work editions, he mainly published novels , memoirs and stories from the Francophone area, especially from the 18th century. His editorial efforts focused on well-known Enlightenment authors such as Voltaire , Rousseau or Lesage , as well as on the breadth and complexity of narrative work of this epoch in France.

Some of the works edited or edited by him, including " Leipzig im Taumel ", the anthology " French storytellers from Lesage to Mirabeau " or the " Diaries of the executioners of Paris " (see also list of publications), achieved considerable print runs.

Eberhard Wesemann has a profound knowledge of the history of this publisher in both parts of Germany due to his many years of experience with Insel Verlag and has also published in the Insel-Bücherei's “ Messages for Friends ” . To this day, he has been working with researchers and students who are interested in the complex relationships and intra-German cooperation of this publishing house in the decades of the Cold War .

Eberhard Wesemann has two daughters and has lived in Nice and Leipzig since 2009 .

Publications

Editorships

• Claude-Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon , The slotted spoon . Insel Verlag, Leipzig 1980.
• Jean de Lafontaine , The Devil and the Papifigs . Stories and short stories in verse, Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, Leipzig and Weimar 1987, ISBN 978-3-378-00129-9 .
• Pierre Ambroise François Choderlos de Laclos , The dangerous acquaintances . Library of the 18th century, Verlag CH Beck, Munich 1988, ISBN 978-3-406-31759-0 .
• Henri Sanson, Diaries of the Executioners of Paris . Library of the 18th Century, Verlag CH Beck, Munich 1989, ISBN 978-3-406-09165-0 .
• Georg Forster , To the Friends of Freedom . Signature press Leipzig, 250 sign. Copy. Original wood engravings by Karl-Georg Hirsch [1989].
• Jean Marteilhe , galley convict under the Sun King . Library of the 18th Century, Verlag CH Beck, 1994, ISBN 978-3-406-32979-1 .
• Eberhard Wesemann (ed.), Estonian fairy tales . Insel Verlag, Frankfurt am Main and Leipzig 1995, ISBN 978-3-458-16732-7 .
• Honoré de Balzac , The Human Comedy - The great novels and short stories in twenty volumes . Insel Verlag, Frankfurt am Main and Leipzig 1996, ISBN 978-3-458-09730-3 .
• Eberhard Wesemann (ed.), The most beautiful Indian fairy tales . Insel Verlag, Frankfurt am Main and Leipzig 2006, ISBN 978-3-458-34872-6 .

Translations

• Amadís: Amadis von Gallien , Klett-Cotta Verlag, Stuttgart 1972.
• Guy de Maupassant , Mademoiselle Fifi and other short stories . Insel-Bücherei 572, Insel Verlag, Leipzig 1977.
• Eberhard Wesemann (ed.), French storyteller from Lesage to Mirabeau . Dieterich'sche Verlagbuchhandlung, Leipzig 1981.
• Victor Hugo , Han the Icelander . Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, Leipzig and Weimar 1988, ISBN 978-3-378-00213-5 .
• Honoré Gabriel Mirabeau , Hic and Hec . Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, Leipzig and Weimar 1988, ISBN 978-3-378-00273-9 .

Sources and web links

• Literature by and about Eberhard Wesemann in the catalog of the German National Library
• Heinz Sarkowski and Wolfgang Jeske, Der Insel Verlag 1899–1999. The history of the publishing house 1899–1964 . Insel Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1999. ISBN 978-3-458-16985-7 .
• Author profile at Suhrkamp Verlag

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Review: Fiction: We need it all . In: FAZ.NET . ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed September 2, 2018]).
2. ^ August Salomon Maurer: Leipzig in a tumble . Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, Leipzig and Weimar 1988, ISBN 978-3-7351-0114-3 .
3. ↑ Eberhard Wesemann (ed.): French stories from Lesage to Mirabeau . Dieterich'sche Verlagbuchhandlung, Leipzig 1981.
4. ^ Hans-Jürgen Hartmann: Satires and horror stories . In: Neues Deutschland October 2nd / 3rd, 1982, p. 14.
5. ^ Henri Sanson: The Diaries of the Executioners of Paris . In: Library of the 18th Century . CH Beck, Munich 1989, ISBN 978-3-406-31759-0 .
6. ↑ : Sad accountants of death . In: Der Spiegel . tape 32 , August 6, 1984 ( spiegel.de [accessed September 2, 2018]).
7. ^ Heinz Sarkowski and Wolfgang Jeske (eds.): Der Insel Verlag 1899–1999. The history of the publisher . Insel Verlag, Frankfurt am Main and Leipzig 1999, p. 565 .
8. ↑ War-destroyed editions in the island library . In: Klaus Kirbach, Eberhard Wesemann, Hans-Eugen Bühler (eds.): IB.M. tape 11 . Insel Verlag, Frankfurt am Main and Leipzig 1995, p. 47-57 .