Egmont Hesse

Egmont Hesse (born November 21, 1959 in Erfurt ) is a German publisher and entrepreneur .

Life

Hesse grew up in Schwansee (Großrudestedt) in Thuringia and studied library science with Leonhard Lorek at the Humboldt University in Berlin from 1981 to 1984 . After dropping out of his studies, from 1984 to 1987 a. a. with Johannes Jansen , Leonhard Lorek, Christoph Tannert in Berlin the unofficial magazine schaden and with Ulrich Zieger and Andreas Koziol from 1988 to 1990 the magazine use , which specializes in translation and rewriting . He published numerous poetic texts under the Ps. Uta Johanna. In the summer of 1986 he was one of the organizers of the exhibition and reading series Wort und Werk in the Samariterkirche Berlin-Friedrichshain with Peter Böthig and Christoph Tannert and with Gerd Harry Lybke and Christoph Tannert he was one of the initiators of the internal cell pressure exhibition in the Galerie Eigen + Art Leipzig ( March 1990) and in the Literaturhaus Fasanenstrasse Berlin (June 1990). In 1990 Hesse received the Calwer Hermann Hesse Prize for publishing the magazine “ use” . The jury's reasoning stated: “With use , the jury honored one of those self-published and self-produced magazines that were published independently of the official publishers of the GDR and against resistance from the authorities. [...] use has made an outstanding contribution to contemporary poetry and prose in the GDR and promoted the development of new literary forms of expression. ”On the occasion of the award ceremony, Hesse and his laudator Peter Waterhouse proposed the establishment of a European translator fund.

With Sascha Anderson , Henryk Gericke , Andreas Koziol , Klaus Michael , Rainer Schedlinski and Joerg Waehner , Hesse founded the literary publishing house Druckhaus Galrev in 1990 . After the reorganization of the publishing house into a layout and printing company that is still active today, Hesse has merged the ownership interests since the mid-1990s and ran the business with Rainer Schedlinski. In 1996 the attempt made with the Kreuzer (Magazin) publisher Egbert Pietsch and the Connewitzer Verlagbuchhandlung Leipzig to revive the poetry edition Poetry album under the editorship of Sascha Anderson and Bert Papenfuß failed . After the book production was stopped, Hesse and Rainer Schedlinski managed the backlist and the website of the publisher.

Hesse has been running the Internet portal Planet Lyrik since 2010 , with the Leipziger Poetenladen and Lyrikline.org Berlin one of the most important poetry online portals in Germany. A preview of May 2010 said: "Here you touch upon the relentless attempt that repeatedly provokes failure a new announcement of Modern International Poetry (MIL) on a communication surface typical of the time ... ". Hesse lives in Berlin .

Publications and editions

• Magazine schaden Berlin 1984–1987 (Ed. With Peter Böthig , Johannes Jansen , Leonhard Lorek and Christoph Tannert ).
• Magazine use Berlin 1988–1990 (Ed. With Ulrich Zieger and after Zieger's departure with Andreas Koziol ).
• Sister in the wind. Original graphic artist book. Berlin 1984/85.
• For abandoned desires. Original graphic artist book. Berlin 1986.
• Air debris. Original graphic artist book with texts by Bernd Igel , Flanzendörfer , Ulrich Zieger , Raja Lubinetzki , Uta Johanna, Udo Wilke, Barbara Köhler , Karim Saab , Johannes Jansen , Claus Löser and Gino Hahnemann . Graphics and drawings etc. a. by Detlef Schweiger, Peter Harnisch, Christiane Just, Maja Nagel, Jörg Sonntag. Berlin 1986.
• Tentacle. Original graphic artist book. Berlin undated (end of the 1980s).
• Language & answer. Voices and texts from another literature from the GDR. S. Fischer Verlag Frankfurt / Main 1988, ISBN 3-596-22358-X .
• Spanish green. Original graphic artist book. Berlin 1989.
• also in you in black. Original graphic artist book. Berlin 1990.
• Cell internal pressure (an overview of autonomous magazines and series in the GDR). Leipzig 1990 (Ed. With Christoph Tannert ).
• One can only fall out of the world. Poems with drawings by Andreas Hegewald. Verlag Druckhaus Galrev Berlin 1993, ISBN 3-910161-36-7 .
• Almanac. To read the edition qwert zui opü (with the help of Sascha Anderson and Christian Pixis). Druckhaus Galrev Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-910161-75-8 .
• Edition qwert zui opü : In the special edition under the umbrella of the publishing house Druckhaus Galrev , books appeared in bibliophile settings. The row title reflects the upper line of letters of the German keyboard layout. Published by Hesse u. a. Sascha Anderson , Evgen Bavcar , Henryk Gericke , Andreas Koziol or Ulrich Zieger

Prices

• 1990 Calwer Hermann Hesse Prize for the publication of the magazine “ use”

proof

• Gaps. Conversation with Egmont Hesse. In damage 15 (May / 1987). Reprinted in Peter Böthig: Grammar of a Landscape: Literature from the GDR in the 80s . Lukas Verlag Berlin 1996, p. 176f.
• Adolf Endler: On the occasion of the anthology Language & Answer. A broadcast. In Ariadne Factory 4 (1988).
• Language breakdown and break in speech. On the situation of the magazines "harm" and "use" . Conversation between Michael Thulin and Egmont Hesse. In: Liane 5 (1989).
• Peter Waterhouse: Cogito. Speech on the occasion of the award of the Hermann-Hesse-Prize to the magazine Einsatz. Calw 1990. http://hesse.ken.de/content.php?content=preistraeger&objectId=104
• Thomas Rietzschel: Glass problem in the Ariadne factory. An overview of the 'literary desperados' of the GDR. (About 'cell internal pressure'. An overview of autonomous magazines and series in the GDR. Galerie Eigen + Art Leipzig 1990) Süddeutsche Zeitung August 22, 1990.
• Volker Müller: Moral and legal controversies about the rebirth of a prominent series of poetry from GDR times. Feathered poetry album . Berliner Zeitung November 29, 1996.
• Katrin Hillgruber: Poetry by the IM poet. Lyrics in the album: Sascha Anderson's attempt to copy an idea. Der Tagesspiegel December 5, 1996.

Web links

• Literature by and about Egmont Hesse in the catalog of the German National Library
• Internet portal Planet Lyrik http://www.planetlyrik.de/
• Printing house Galrev Egmont Hesse http://galrev.com/