Gerd Haffmans
Gerd Haffmans (born February 28, 1944 in Altenberge ) is a German editor and publisher .
Life
Gerd Haffmans - son of the teacher Heinrich Haffmans and the teacher Hedi Haffmans - grew up as an orphan in Nienberge near Münster and in Rodenkirchen on the Rhine. After graduating from high school, he completed an apprenticeship as a bookseller in Cologne and Heidelberg .
From 1968 to 2012 Gerd Haffmans lived in Zurich , where he initially worked as an advertising and sales manager at Diogenes Verlag . In 1970 he became an editor, in 1972 chief editor and in 1979 director of the Diogenes publishing house.
In 1982 he founded together with Urs Jakob and Thomas Bodmer the Haffmans Verlag . The authors included a. Eckhard Henscheid , Robert Gernhardt , Max Goldt and Gerhard Polt , FK Waechter and Volker Kriegel as well as Julian Barnes , David Lodge and David Sedaris . New editions of classics such as Arthur Schopenhauer by Ludger Lütkehaus and above all the editions of works by Gustave Flaubert (in nine volumes) and Oscar Wilde (in five volumes) were also an integral part of the literary program . There were also new translations by Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes , by Ambrose Bierce , Joseph Conrad , Rudyard Kipling and others. a. The new translation of Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne by Michael Walter in nine volumes was particularly famous . Even the work of Arno Schmidt found a new home at Haffmans. The new translation of EA Poe's works, undertaken by Schmidt together with Hans Wollschläger , was also published in a new edition.
Around 700 books have been published since it was founded, including the periodical Der Rabe . In November 2001 the publisher had to file for bankruptcy . As a continuation of his publishing house, Gerd Haffmans has been issuing the Haffmans Verlag series for Two Thousands since August 2002 . Haffmans - together with Heiko Arntz - published the German translation of Samuel Pepys' diaries in 2010 . From April 2011 to 2012 he worked - together with Urs Jakob - for the Berlin publishing house Haffmans & Tolkemitt, whose sole partner is Till Tolkemitt. Gerd Haffmans has been working for Zweiausendeins since 2012, where his biggest book project to date was published in November 2013: Edmond and Jules de Goncourt's diaries, which he himself edited for the first time in full .
Gerd Haffmans lives and works in Hamburg since December 2012.
Haffmans was married to Loriot's daughter Susanne von Bülow.
literature
- Uwe Wittstock: Gerd Haffmans: Longing for the second row . In: Uwe Wittstock: The book drunkards. Forays into the literature business . Dietrich zu Klampen Verlag, Springe 2007, ISBN 978-3-86674-005-1 , pp. 47-51.
swell
- Vulture over raven - Haffmans Verlag is broke. In: Die Zeit from December 13, 2001. Time,accessed on August 14, 2014.
- Stephan Opitz congratulates on his 65th birthday . Book market,accessed June 24, 2012.
Web links
- Literature by and about Gerd Haffmans in the catalog of the German National Library
- Interview in book market
- "How was your year, Gerd Haffmans?" Questionnaire in book market
- Radio talk with Gerd Haffmans on his 70th birthday ( Memento from March 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- Haffmans & Tolkemitt publishing house
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.derwesten.de/kultur/gaestebuchfotos-aimp-id8491973.html Loriot: guest book. Edited by Susanne von Bülow, Peter Geyer and OA Krimmel. Diogenes Publishing House
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Haffmans, Gerd |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 28, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Altenberge |