Hans-Otto Mayer
Hans-Otto Mayer (born August 28, 1903 in Stuttgart , † February 22, 1983 in Düsseldorf ) was a German bookseller. He was a major collector of Thomas Mann's work.
Life
The factory owner's son Mayer studied history and German at the Eberhard Karls University . On April 26, 1922 he became active in the Corps Rhenania Tübingen . He proved himself twice as a senior and fought ten racket and four saber games . He became famous as the second of 499 lengths . With a doctoral thesis on August Ludwig Reyscher , he was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD . In 1927 he trained as a bookseller in Stuttgart . In 1932 he became managing director of the Langewort publishing house in Berlin , and from 1933 to 1937 he was a board member of the " Deutsche Verlagsanstalt Universitas " in Berlin. After moving to Düsseldorf in 1938, he began as an authorized signatory in the "Schrobsdorff'schen Buchhandlung" on Königsallee (Düsseldorf) , which he took over in 1943. From 1940 to 1945 he took part in World War II , most recently as Hauptsturmführer of the Waffen SS . After being in US captivity from 1945 to 1948, he continued the bookstore. In 1981 he sold them.
From the fascination for Thomas Mann awakened by reading Buddenbrooks , Mayer first collected editions available in bookshops, then also private and press prints and signed editions. When Thomas Mann's works became available again in Germany in the post-war period , he systematically expanded his collection. It includes over 6,000 volumes, 15,000 magazine issues and over 25,000 excerpts and documents on the life and work of Thomas Mann. The collection created in the private rooms forms the basis of the Thomas Mann Society in Düsseldorf . Thomas Mann himself is said to have said that Mayer had more books from him than he owned himself.
Honors
- Iron Cross 2nd class
- Iron Cross 1st Class
- Infantry Assault Badge
- Award for bravery and merit for members of the Eastern peoples 1st class in silver
- War Merit Cross (1939) 2nd class with swords
- War Merit Cross (1939) 1st class with swords
- Medal Winter Battle in the East 1941/42
- Friedrich Perthes Medal from the German Book Trade Association (1968)
- Honorary doctorate from the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Düsseldorf (1973)
Works
- with Ursula Mayer: One hundred and twenty-five years of Schrobsdorff'sche Buchhandlung Düsseldorf 1840–1965. Stuttgart 1965
- A life with Thomas Mann. Stockholm coordination office z. Exploration d. German-language exile literature at the Dt. Inst. D. Univ. Stockholm, Stockholm 1973.
- with Hans Bürgin : Thomas Mann's letters. 5 volumes. Frankfurt am Main, 1977–1987.
- with Hans Bürgin: Thomas Mann - a chronicle of his life. Frankfurt am Main 1965.
Web links
- Literature by and about Hans-Otto Mayer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Thomas Mann Collection “Dr. Hans Otto Mayer ”of the University and State Library Düsseldorf
- Online catalog of the Thomas Mann Collection with more than 28,000 references to monographs, essays and newspaper articles on Thomas Mann and his family
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960 , 128 , 767.
- ↑ Dissertation: AL Reyscher as a politician.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i Gösta Dahmen, Rainer Assmann : Hans-Otto Mayer I (x, x). In: The Tübingen Rhenanen. 5th edition (2002), p. 177 f.
- ↑ The time v. May 12, 2011 [1]
- ↑ The Philosophical Faculty of the University of Düsseldorf awards under the rectorate of the full professor of physiology D [octo] r Wilhelm Lochner and under the dean of the full professor of modern German philology D [octo] r Herbert Anton Mr. D [octo] r phil. Hans-Otto Mayer from Stuttgart Honor, dignity and rights of a D [okto] r phil. hc: in recognition of d. Establishment d. Düsseldorf Thomas Mann Archives u. own Thomas Mann research, Düsseldorf, 1973
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mayer, Hans-Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German bookseller |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 28, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 22, 1983 |
| Place of death | Dusseldorf |