Hans von Trotha (historian)

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Hans von Trotha at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2018

Hans von Trotha (* 1965 ) is a German historian, writer and journalist. He is considered a specialist in 18th century landscape gardens .

Hans von Trotha studied literature, history and philosophy in Heidelberg and Berlin. He received his doctorate from the Free University on literature and gardens in the 18th century. His dissertation deals with the mutual influence of literature, philosophy and garden art. While working on it, he began writing as a freelance journalist for radio and various newspapers. He later headed Nicolai Verlag in Berlin for over ten years . As of 2017 he works as a freelance curator, publicist and consultant in the field of culture. a. works as a freelance journalist for Deutschlandfunk Kultur .

Exhibitions (as curator)

  • Project paradise. Garden art from the Middle Ages to Romanticism , Schloss Neuhardenberg Foundation , August to November 2012.
  • Remember heroes. 200 years Neuhardenberg , Stiftung Schloss Neuhardenberg, June to August 2014 (together with Thomas Macho ).
  • “It's infinitely beautiful here now.” Permanent exhibition on the history of garden art in the historic Eichenkranz inn in Wörlitz, opening June 21, 2014.
  • Gardens of the World , Museum Rietberg , Zurich, opening May 2016 (as co-curator).

Books

  • The English garden. A journey through its history . Wagenbach, Berlin 1999 (English edition 2009), ISBN 3-8031-1180-3 .
  • Pleasant sensations. Media of a popular aesthetic effect in the 18th century from landscape gardens to horror novels . Wilhelm Fink, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-7705-3395-X (also dissertation at the Free University of Berlin).
  • Garden art. In search of paradise lost . Quadriga, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-86995-045-7 .
  • The Lexicon of Overrated Things . Fischer Taschenbuch, Frankfurt am Main 2012, ISBN 978-3-596-19357-8 .
  • Czernin or how I learned to understand the First World War . Nicolai, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-89479-795-9 (novel).
  • In the garden of romance . Berenberg, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-946334-01-9 .
  • Gardens of the World. Places of longing and inspiration , edited by Albert Lutz and Hans von Trotha (co-editors and author of several articles), Wienand 2016.
  • A sentimental journey. Laurence Sterne in Shandy Hall , Wagenbach, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-8031-1332-0 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Hans von Trotha . In: Perlentaucher , accessed October 1, 2017.
  2. ↑ Hans von Trotha . Author profile on the website of Verlag Klaus Wagenbach GmbH, accessed on February 7, 2018.
  3. ↑ About Hans von Trotha at Deutschlandfunk Kultur , October 27, 2014, accessed on October 1, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Trotha, Hans von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian, writer and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH 1965