Elmar Ferber

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Elmar Ferber (born March 15, 1944 in Gummersbach ; † May 14, 2008 in Cologne ) was a German filmmaker , author and publisher . As a director and producer, he mainly created documentaries for ARD and ZDF. As a publisher, he was particularly successful with his anthology series.

Act

From 1994 to 2007 Ferber was editor and publisher in the self-founded publishing house Ferber & Partner , in which he realized several edition series. In the “library (new) authors” series, it offered young, often inexperienced authors a first platform and experienced authors the opportunity to publish articles on a specific anthology topic. From 1998 to 2007 he published the monthly “Lit-Info” with reviews and dates from the literary scene. He paid particular attention to the "Video-Edition Literatur" (literature to hear and see) as a publication with a special intention.

Authors such as Isolde Ahr, Miriam Arens, Mike Bartel , Christina Block, Ingo Cesaro , Evert Everts , Carsten Sebastian Henn , Anne Jüssen, Kay Löffler and Achim Wagner have appeared in the publishing house .

According to the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger , he enriched the last years of the "Cologne Book Autumn", which took place annually until 2003, with his book program as "Cologne's happiest small publisher".

Ferber was a member of the Association of German Writers (VS) in ver.di, Cologne district.

Filmography

  • Oh, how joyfully . ARD 1989.
  • The Kaiser von Stahleck . SWR 1989.
  • With the courage of despair . SWR 1990.
  • On rails to freedom . SWR 1991.

Publications

  • Alissa . Short stories. Ferber, Cologne 1997, ISBN 3-931918-19-X .
  • Cologne Vahren Bahn. Stories and poems about the KVB . Ferber, Cologne 1998, ISBN 3-931918-27-0 .
  • The tango dancer or the sighs of the bandoneon . Ferber, Cologne 2002, ISBN 3-931918-34-3 .
  • (Ed.) Conjectures about Doris. Fictional characters from “The Artificial Silk Girl” by Irmgard Keun speak up . Ferber, Cologne 2003, ISBN 3-931918-10-6 .

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personal data
SURNAME Ferber, Elmar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German publisher, author, filmmaker
DATE OF BIRTH March 15, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Gummersbach
DATE OF DEATH May 14, 2008
Place of death Cologne