Jonas Publishing House

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The Jonas publisher of art and literature GmbH is a German publishing house , in 1978 in Marburg was founded and there had by 2015 established in the Weidenhäuser road.

history

In 1978 Dieter Mayer-Gürr founded Jonas Verlag together with Elmar Altwasser and Claudia Gabriele Philipp, all three students of art history, in order to publish literature and art-historical titles that they missed on the book market. Dieter Mayer-Gürr, who initially worked for the Photo Archive Photo Marburg , became the sole publisher and managing director for many years. Since his retirement, the Jonas-Verlag has been continued by the publisher Bettina Preiß under the umbrella of arts + science weimar GmbH since January 1, 2016 .

The name of the publisher was chosen as a bearer of hope for the future based on the feature film Jonas, which will be 25 years old in 2000 . The publisher's first title was “ Der Postraub in der Subach ”, an original text from the 19th century in a technically demanding edition that Mayer-Gürr came across during research for his dissertation; this robbery had also provided the basis for the television film The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach . Since then, topics of cultural history have had their place in the publisher's program. There were books about the culture of the fast food, about the history of the house number, about beach castles and the culture of sunbathing, but also about car accidents, the development of the baby monitor and the kiosk. In addition, demanding scientific catalogs were produced in the publishing house, and numerous books accompanying the radio series of hr2-kultur were produced in cooperation with the Hessischer Rundfunk .

Program and magazines

The program focuses on photography, cultural research, art history and building history, but also books with a regional reference.

The following magazines are also published by Jonas Verlag:

  • Photo History - Contributions to the history and aesthetics of photography
  • Critical Reports - Journal for Art and Cultural Studies

as well as various series such as the yearbook for house research , the Hessian papers for folk and cultural research and the series on dendrochronology and building research .

literature

  • 25 years of Jonas-Verlag für Kunst und Literatur GmbH. Marburg: Jonas Verlag for Art and Literature, 2003 ISBN 3-89445-323-0
  • Serendipity / Serendipity. Or: The gift of making happy and unexpected discoveries by chance - 30 years of Jonas Verlag. Marburg: Jonas Verlag, 2008 ISBN 978-3-89445-401-2

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