Hans-Joachim Gelberg

Hans-Joachim Gelberg (* 27. August 1930 in Dortmund ; † 17th May 2020 in Heidelberg ) was a German author and children's books publisher .

Live and act

In the autumn of 1971, Hans-Joachim Gelberg founded together with the publisher Dr. Manfred Beltz Rübelmann started the children's and youth book program Beltz & Gelberg of the Beltz publishing group , whose scope increased from eight titles at the beginning to over 900 titles in 1996. His magazine series The Colorful Dog , which appeared in loose succession about three times a year and in which he had been involved in children's literature and art forms for children since the early 1980s , was well known. From 1982 Gelberg was supported by writers such as Achim Bröger , Janosch and Peter Härtling in the publication of the individual magazines. Gelberg also published other well-known German children's book authors and artists such as Nikolaus Heidelbach , Josef Guggenmos , Jürgen Spohn , Rafik Schami , Erwin Moser , Christine Nöstlinger and Hans Manz . He was a member of the PEN Center Germany .

In 1997 he gave up the management of the children's and youth book program Beltz & Gelberg. His daughter Barbara Gelberg (* 1961) has been an editor at Beltz & Gelberg since 1989.

Hans-Joachim Gelberg lived as a freelance author and editor in Weinheim. He died in May 2020 at the age of 89 in a hospice in Heidelberg.

The elementary school in Lützelsachsen has been called the Hans-Joachim Gelberg-Grundschule since 2014 .

Works as program director / publisher / editor

Go play with the giant. Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 1971, ISBN 3-407-80200-5 .
Update on Rumpelstiltskin and other Fairy Tales by 43 Authors. (Ed.), Pictures by Willi Glasauer . Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 1976, ISBN 3-407-80518-7 .
The colorful dog. Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 1982, ISBN 3-407-80401-6 .
Kinderland - magic land. Maier, Ravensburg 1986, ISBN 3-473-51531-0 .
Everywhere and next to you - poems for children and adults. (Ed.). Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 1986. New edition 2011, ISBN 978-3-407-74225-4 .
Indeed. Workshop book for the B & G. Beltz & Gelberg program, Weinheim 1996, ISBN 3-407-79699-4 .
Big ocean. Poems for everyone. Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 2006, ISBN 3-407-74018-2 .
Someday. Stories from everywhere. Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 2008, ISBN 978-3-407-74088-5 .
Fairy tales from around the world , illustrations by Nikolaus Heidelbach . Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 2010 ISBN 978-3-407-79973-9 .
Where do the words come from - new poems for children and adults. (Ed.). Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 2011, ISBN 978-3-407-79986-9 .

honors and awards

1972: German Youth Literature Prize for Walk and Play with the Giant , 1st yearbook of children's literature
2001: Bologna Ragazzi Award for Great Ocean. Poems for everyone
2004: Friedrich Bödecker Prize
In 2014 the elementary school in Lützelsachsen , a district of Weinheim, was named Hans-Joachim-Gelberg Elementary School .
2014: Honorary membership of the working group for youth literature

Reviews

Where do the words come from? (2011)

“Anthologies of poetry for children are a dime a dozen. You have to come up with something special if you want to stand out. Hans-Joachim Gelberg did that again! Not only the design of the new volume appeals to all the senses, the selection of poems is also unique: over 100 poets have written new poems for his anthology. There are also older texts, starting with Morgenstern and Ringelnatz . It continues with Janosch , Härtling , Paul Maar and Christine Nöstlinger up to very 'young' authors like Frantz Wittkamp , Peter Jepsen and even children. The result is a who's who of German-language children's poetry . "

- Sylvia Schwab : “Who is Who” of children's poetry. 2012

Web links

Literature by and about Hans-Joachim Gelberg in the catalog of the German National Library
Hans-Joachim Gelberg in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors
Tilman Spreckelsen : Hans-Joachim Gelberg on the eightieth: And the dragons are still alive. In: FAZ.net . August 27, 2010 .; accessed on May 18, 2020
Wolfgang Bittner: He swapped toy cars for a book - Hans-Joachim Gelberg tells from his life. In: WDR-5 series Experienced stories. September 11, 2005, archived from the original on February 12, 2013 .; accessed on May 18, 2020
Dina Netz: On the death of the publisher Hans-Joachim Gelberg - A conversation with Nikolaus Heidelbach. (mp3 audio, 8:46 MB, 9:15 minutes) In: Deutschlandfunk broadcast “Büchermarkt”. May 18, 2020 .; accessed on May 18, 2020
Tilman Spreckelsen : Hans-Joachim Gelberg died: He moved mountains. In: FAZ.net. 19th May 2020 .; accessed on May 20, 2020

Individual evidence

^ Publisher Hans-Joachim Gelberg has died. In: Deutschlandfunk broadcast “Büchermarkt”. May 18, 2020, accessed May 18, 2020 . Ulrich Störiko-Blume: Hans-Joachim Gelberg is dead. In: Börsenblatt . May 18, 2020, accessed May 20, 2020 .
↑ All things . Workshop book. Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 1996.
↑ Manfred Beltz Rübelmann u. a .: 175 years of Beltz: 1841-2016: Tradition and Perspectives (Festschrift) . Beltz, Weinheim 2016, ISBN 978-3-407-10114-3 , pp. 29; 96 .
↑ Sylvia Schwab: “Who is Who” of children's poetry. In: Deutschlandfunk-Kultur broadcast “Buchkritik”. January 3, 2012, accessed May 18, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Gelberg, Hans-Joachim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German children's and youth book publisher and author
DATE OF BIRTH	August 27, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dortmund
DATE OF DEATH	17th May 2020
Place of death	Heidelberg

[1] Publisher Hans-Joachim Gelberg has died. In: Deutschlandfunk broadcast “Büchermarkt”. May 18, 2020, accessed May 18, 2020 . Ulrich Störiko-Blume: Hans-Joachim Gelberg is dead. In: Börsenblatt . May 18, 2020, accessed May 20, 2020 .

[2] All things . Workshop book. Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 1996.

[3] Manfred Beltz Rübelmann u. a .: 175 years of Beltz: 1841-2016: Tradition and Perspectives (Festschrift) . Beltz, Weinheim 2016, ISBN 978-3-407-10114-3 , pp. 29; 96 .

[4] Sylvia Schwab: “Who is Who” of children's poetry. In: Deutschlandfunk-Kultur broadcast “Buchkritik”. January 3, 2012, accessed May 18, 2020 .