Fritz Funke (book scholar)

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Fritz Funke (born March 25, 1920 in Gautzsch ; † January 25, 2018 in Leipzig ) was a German book scholar , writer and graphic artist . From 1955 to 1985 he was director of the German Museum of Books and Writing in Leipzig.

Life

In the Second World War spark was on the Eastern Front used and fell into Soviet captivity . After the war he studied art history, German and philosophy; the doctorate took place with "The representation of love in the dramas of Schiller". In 1950 he became a research assistant at the German Museum of Books and Writing in the German Library . Since the museum was almost completely destroyed by the war and integrated into the Deutsche Bücherei in 1950, Funke initially worked as a close collaborator of Hans H. Bockwitz in the reconstruction of the collections and the reopening of the exhibition on May 4, 1954.

In 1953, Funke created a descriptive catalog of the writing master books of the 16th to 19th Century, dealt with calligraphic initials and ornament motifs and supervised a facsimile edition of the writing book by Wolfgang Fugger.

In 1955, Funke became head of the German Museum of Books and Writing and established the house as a documentation center for book culture and as a partner in international book art exhibitions. He campaigned in vain for the return of the exhibits from the book museum that had been transported away by the Soviet occupation forces in 1945 .

In 1959, his book "Buchkunde" was published as a textbook and saw numerous editions and translations; it became a standard work.

In 1964, Funke was able to move the German Paper Museum, which was based on the collections of Karl Theodor Weiß and had existed in [Greiz] since 1957, into its own house in Leipzig and to recruit Wisso Weiß, Wolfgang Schlieder and Gertraude Spoer as employees.

In his private life, Funke occupied himself with poetry and painting and was still active as an artist into old age.

Fritz Funke was married to the librarian Ursula Funke; he died in January 2018 in a retirement home.

Works (selection)

  • Book studies: the historical development of the book from cuneiform to the present day . VMA-Verlag, Wiesbaden 2006. ISBN 978-3-928127-95-0 .
  • Book and written stories . The German Library, Leipzig; Frankfurt am Main; Berlin 2005
  • The German Museum of Books and Writing of the German Library in Leipzig . In: Gutenberg-Jahrbuch 59 (1984), pp. 194-210.
  • Love as a dramatic motif in Schiller's dramas. Leipziger Univ.-Verl., Leipzig 2007. ISBN 978-3-86583-186-6

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fritz Funke. In: Kürschner's German Literature Calendar 2014/2015: Volume I: AO. Volume II: PZ. , Walter De Gruyter Incorporated, 2014, p. 287, ISBN 978-3-11-033720-4 .
  2. ↑ Leipzig, Univ., Philosophical Faculty, dissertation from June 15, 1950. The originally only typewritten work became part of the publication Love as a dramaturgical motif in Schiller's dramas in 2007 .
  3. ^ Fritz Funke: The writer books of the German Museum of Books and Writing of the German Library. In: Zentralblatt für Bibliothekswesen 69 (1955), H. 7/8. Pp. 257-283.
  4. ^ Fritz Funke: Federspiele . Leipzig 1957 (New Year's gift from the German Museum of Books and Writing 1958).
  5. ↑ Wolfgang Fugger: A useful and well-founded form Manncherley more beautifully scribbled. Writing booklet . With e. Introduction by Fritz Funke. Published by the Inst. F. Book design at d. University f. Graphics and Book art. VEB Harrassowitz, Leipzig 1958.
  6. ^ Frieder Schmidt: Long-term effects of a successful integration. In: Dialog mit Libraries 26 (2014), No. 1, p. 65. [1]
personal data
SURNAME Funke, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German book scholar, writer and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Gautzsch
DATE OF DEATH January 25, 2018
Place of death Leipzig