Karl Rauch (publisher)

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Karl Rauch (born April 17, 1897 in Markkleeberg , † September 13, 1966 in Unterpfaffenhofen ) was a German publisher , writer and translator .

Life

Karl Rauch was the son of a gardener in Markkleeberg, south of Leipzig . After attending a secondary school , he completed a commercial apprenticeship and then worked for the publishing house of the Leipzig magazine Vivos voco , which was edited by Hermann Hesse and Richard Woltereck . He then acquired practical knowledge of publishing work at a publishing house in Lauenburg .

In 1921, with a small loan from an uncle, he bought a small bookstore in Dessau , which became the Karl Rauch art and bookstore , also supported by the Dessau-based entrepreneur Hugo Junkers . Two years later, he joined the bookstore, a small publishing house with his name.

The bookstore did not survive the Great Depression. His publishing house still existed when he first went to the Wolkenwanderer publishing house in Leipzig as an editor and advertising manager, then was editor of a magazine in the Lüneburg Heath for two years before moving to Berlin in 1928, where he edited the magazine "Der Bücherwurm" took over, which then appeared in his publishing house until 1943.

In the 1930s, his publishing house published the writings of Eugen Gottlob Winkler and Gustav René Hocke in Leipzig . He used his parents' house in Markkleeberg. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry visited him there in the spring of 1939 in preparation for the publication of the German translation of Wind, Sand and Stars , which appeared in the same year and was a great success for the publisher.

After 1945 he tried a fresh start, first in Leipzig and later in Jena, supported by Joseph Caspar Witsch . Due to problems with the authorities, however, he left the Soviet occupation zone in 1948 . The publishing house was converted into a GmbH , in which the large graphic company A. Bagel became a partner. The publishing house was now located in Düsseldorf .

While still in the Soviet occupation zone, Rauch had acquired the translation rights to the complete works of Saint-Exupéry, from which The Little Prince appeared in 1950 . But works by Julien Green and Albert Camus were also part of the publishing program. In 1952 Rauch published Rauch 's space books , which were discontinued after four editions due to a lack of response.

In 1953 Karl Rauch withdrew from the publishing business and devoted himself to his work as a writer and translator, especially from French. Due to his publishing and translating activities, he is considered a "pioneer of the Franco-German exchange of ideas"

Karl Rauch was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class . He was married to Ursula, nee Meier, and died in 1966 at the age of 69 in Unterpfaffenhofen near Munich.

Works (selection)

  • The shadow of the father: a book of life from two worlds . Bechtle publishing house, Esslingen 1954
  • The palette. Cheery from painters and other artists . Bechtle publishing house, Esslingen 1954
  • Silk Road via Moscow . Pfeiffer, 1960
  • The magic bird - fairy tale from France. With b / w illustrations by Wolfgang Felten. Herder publishing house 1963.
  • The journey to sister sun . Herder publishing house 1964

literature

  • Sabine Knopf: There is no place for me where Hitler is king. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry visited Germany in 1939 . Leipziger Blätter , Issue 60, 2012, ISSN 0232-7244, pp. 67-69

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ according to Munzinger
  2. ↑ Leipzig papers
  3. ↑ Who's Who
personal data
SURNAME Rauch, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rauchlin (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German publisher, author and translator
DATE OF BIRTH April 17, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Markkleeberg
DATE OF DEATH September 13, 1966
Place of death Unterpfaffenhofen