First alternative book fair in Leipzig

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1st Alternative Book Fair Leipzig March 1990, Photo: Bernd Heinze

The First Alternative Book Fair (1st ABM) took place from March 11-14 , 1990 in Leipzig-Gohlis in the “Heinrich Budde” clubhouse parallel to the official book fair and offered the new GDR publishers as well as German-speaking small and independent publishers a presentation opportunity .

history

Due to years of censorship and the often only possibility of publication via samizdat , some Leipzig authors and graphic designers had come together and sent invitations to an alternative book fair to dpa and ADN , whereupon around 40 publishers responded. The almost 10-strong initiative group included Dieter Kalka , Benjamin Weinkauf, Jayne-Ann Igel , Rosemarie Heinze, Sebastian Kleindienst, Matthias Seydewitz, Hermut Geppert, Peter Hinze and Katharina Luft. The heavily frequented book fair took place in the former Trenker villa in the “Heinrich Budde” clubhouse. The aim was to offer the newly established publishers in the GDR and small publishers an opportunity to present themselves and to introduce publishers and authors to one another. Therefore, there was a café for encounters and readings distributed throughout the day . This idea was later adopted by Ms. Renker for the Leipzig Book Fair and has established itself as " Leipzig reads ". Most publishers and the initiative group rejected a continuation of the Alternative Book Fair with the support of officials, as suggested by Ms. Renker.

Publishers

Have issued u. a. Octopus-Verlag Radebeul, Leipziger Verlagsgesellschaft, Context-Verlag Berlin, Aurora-Verlag Berlin, dipa-Verlag Frankfurt / Main, Flemming-Verlag Stuttgart, Neubrandenburg Literature Center, Forum-Verlag Leipzig, Verlag am Galgenberg Hamburg, Dr. Rügemer Cologne, Klampen-Verlag Lüneburg, intarlit / drögel-verlag Cologne, Mink-Verlag Berlin, Format-Verlag Gera, independent publishing house Berlin, Signal-Verlag Baden-Baden, Manhold-Verlag Bremen, AV-Verlag Augsburg, Literatte, ISP- Verlag Frankfurt / M., Labyrinth-Verlag Berlin, Syro-Verlag Göttingen, Linksdruck Berlin , Philosophisch-Humanistische Gesellschaft Sachsen Leipzig, Information service Ökodorf Steyerberg, Lenos-Verlag Basel, Menke-Press Leipzig, stecknadel-verlach Leipzig, Weismann-Verlag Munich, edition augenweide , Uwe Warnke with the magazine Entwerter / Oder as producer-publisher, Zwielicht-Verlag Berlin / Christian W. Staudinger, Anita Tykve-Verlag - ( Xing-Hu Kuo with 2 authors), the publishers of Osho and Krisna, the Ahriman -Publisher and, as a curiosity, the children's book publisher of the GDR , because children did not have access to the official book fair at the time.

1. Alternative Book Fair Leipzig 1990, the graphic designer Rosemarie Heinze preparing; Photo: Bernd Heinze

Readings

Have read u. a. Reinhard Bernhof , Manfred Jendryschik , Jayne-Ann Igel , Matthias Seydewitz, Ralph Hammerthaler, Benjamin Schwarzenberg-Weinkauf, Dieter Kalka, Hilmar Griesbach, Gabriele Barthel, Katharina Luft, Joachim Oertel. As a victim, Andreas Schmidt read from "Life and Survival in the Gulag" and Xing-Hu Kuo from "A Chinese in Bautzen - 2675 nights in the Stasi 's stranglehold" as well as spontaneous readings and actions with Christian Staudinger.

Press coverage

Since the book fair was understood as a political issue, in addition to ARD , ZDF , 3sat , DLF , DW , Austrian and Swiss TV and radio stations were also represented, along with all the major daily newspapers such as “Die Welt” and the Süddeutsche Zeitung.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ archive material
  2. ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung, March 16, 1989: Fun and Political Ambitions, detailed article by Detlef Grumbach
  3. ^ Website Benjamin Weinkauf
  4. ↑ Rosemarie Heinze ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bbkl.org
  5. ↑ LVZ, March 11, 1990, "Now but!", Christel Förster on the First Alternative Book Fair in Leipzig
  6. ↑ Info from Heldenstadt.de ( Memento of the original from November 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.heldenstadt.de
  7. ↑ Detailed information: “The First Alternative Book Fair Leipzig 1990” on Boheme & Bohememians
  8. ↑ Documentation of the 1st ABM
  9. ↑ Chr. Staudinger_List of the publishers under "1990 'Erste alternative Buchmesse Leipzig'"
  10. ↑ edition augenweide
  11. ↑ Uwe Warnke
  12. ↑ publisher's website
  13. ↑ idle years. Life and survival in the GDR Gulag by Andreas Schmidt
  14. ↑ readings for 1.ABM Leipzig, video by Christian Staudinger
  15. ^ LVZ, 10./11. March 1990, calendar of events