Frank Rainer check

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Frank Rainer Scheck (born May 30, 1948 in Hallenberg ; † April 2013 ) was a German non-fiction author , editor and publisher .

Frank Rainer Scheck studied German , philosophy and theater studies . From 1976 he was an editor, from 1979 chief editor at a German publishing house. Between 1990 and 1992 he edited the twelve-volume series DuMont's Bibliothek des Fantastischen . From 1993 he was a freelance writer and published numerous non-fiction books and travel guides . He was also a connoisseur of fantastic literature. Scheck lived in Cologne.

Publications (selection)

  • (Ed.): China's Socialist Way: Reports u. Analyzes d. Beijing Rundschau . Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt (am Main) 1972, ISBN 3-436-01543-1 .
  • (Ed.): Computer dreams . Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag, Munich 1973, ISBN 3-423-05416-6 , (Neue Science-fiction series).
  • (Ed.): Conquer literature! Proletarian-revolutionary literary theory and debate in the "Left Curve" 1929-1932 . Kiepenheuer and Witsch, Cologne 1973, ISBN 3-462-00945-1 , pocket 49, (series of workers' literature).
  • Jordan. Peoples and cultures between the Jordan and the Red Sea. DuMont Buchverlag, Cologne 1985
  • (Ed.): People's Republic of China: Art trips through the Middle Kingdom , 4th edition, DuMont, Cologne 1989, ISBN 3-7701-1806-5 , (DuMont documents series: DuMont art travel guide)
  • (with Johannes Odenthal): Syria: high cultures between the Mediterranean and the Arabian desert . DuMont, Cologne 1998, ISBN 3-7701-3978-X .
  • Nostradamus . Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-423-31024-3 .
  • (with Manfred Görgens): Buddhism . DuMont, Cologne 1999, ISBN 3-7701-3601-2 , series: DuMont pocket books; 516: DuMont crash course
  • Hiking in Tenerife (35 tours, exact maps, altitude profiles) . DuMont, Cologne 2000, ISBN 3-7701-5301-4 .
  • Turkey - the west coast (Izmir, Bodrum, Marmaris, Troy, Pergamon, Ephesus) . DuMont-Reiseverlag, Cologne 2002, ISBN 3-7701-6026-6 .
  • Hiking in the Aosta Valley (35 tours, exact maps, elevation profiles) . DuMont, Cologne 2001, ISBN 3-7701-5522-X
  • Anton Cechov . Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-423-31075-8 .
  • (Ed. With Erik Hauser): Masterpieces of the Dark Fantastic 01: AUT DIABOLUS AUT NIHIL (Volume 1) , Windeck: BLITZ-Verlag 2014, print edition: ISBN 978-3-89840-347-4 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ see page about check at Reise Know-How Verlag
  2. ↑ see data of the book series in the DNB at http://d-nb.info/551750812 , various information in the network that ascribes this series to him
personal data
SURNAME Check, Frank Rainer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German non-fiction author, editor and editor
DATE OF BIRTH May 30, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Hallenberg
DATE OF DEATH April 2013