Georg Lentz

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Georg Lentz (born June 21, 1928 in Blankenhagen , † January 16, 2009 in Saint-Firmin-sur-Loire , France ) was a German publisher and writer .

Life

Georg Lentz grew up in Berlin . After graduating from high school , he completed an apprenticeship as a publishing clerk . He worked in publishing and the art trade. In 1952 he founded the up in Stuttgart paintings- and Youth books specialized Georg Lentz publishing house . Lentz managed the publishing house until 1964. He then worked as a publishing director in Zurich and at the Carl Ueberreuter publishing house in Vienna ; he also wrote some non-fiction books . Lentz had been a member of the PEN Center of the Federal Republic of Germany since 1971 .

From 1976 Georg Lentz published a very successful autobiographical trilogy of novels , which consists of the volumes "Muckefuck", "Molle mit Korn" and "Weisse mit Schuß" and is set against the background of Berlin history between 1933 and 1959. Based on the books “Muckefuck” and “Molle mit Korn”, a ten-part television series entitled “ Molle mit Korn ” was produced in 1988 . The novel “Das Schützenhaus” is a parallel story to the Berlin trilogy, in which many of the characters are guests.

Works

  • Guide to Prussia in Bavaria . Düsseldorf 1958
  • ... but the meat is weak . Bergisch Gladbach 1965
  • Knaur's book of hobbies . Munich [including] 1965
  • Noah's blond grandson . Hamburg 1967
  • Muckefuck . Munich 1976
  • Cuckoo egg . Munich 1977
  • Molle with grain . Munich [et al.] 1979
  • Love of Prussia . Munich [ua] 1980 (together with Herrmann Mostar )
  • Whites with a shot . Munich [et al.] 1981
  • Hot April . Hamburg 1982
  • Breakups . Hamburg 1983
  • One eighth of blush . Hamburg 1985
  • The heart piercer . Hamburg 1987
  • Mallorca . Hamburg 1988 (together with Klaus Bossemeyer)
  • The rifle house . Hamburg 1988
  • Greetings, green cucumber, the Spreewald . Frankfurt / M. [among others] 1989
  • Märkische Protocols . Frankfurt / M. [inter alia] 1992
  • The blue train . Frankfurt / M. [inter alia] 1993
  • The farm in the woods . Frankfurt / M. [inter alia] 1993
  • The lock house . Frankfurt / M. [inter alia] 1993
  • The castle on the Loire . Frankfurt / M. [inter alia] 1993
  • Markish walks . Berlin 1996
  • Potsdam landscapes . Potsdam 1996 (together with Jürgen Strauss)
  • Grandma Krause or The Fall of Prussia in anecdotes . Munich 1998

Editing

  • The most beautiful love letters from eight centuries . Munich 1969
  • Jochen Rindt . Vienna [ao] 1970
  • The mouse on three wheels . Munich 1993

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Oranienburger Generalanzeiger : Obituary for Georg Lentz from January 19, 2009.

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personal data
SURNAME Lentz, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German publisher and writer
DATE OF BIRTH June 21, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Blankenhagen
DATE OF DEATH January 16, 2009
Place of death Saint-Firmin-sur-Loire , France