Klaus G. Renner

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Klaus Gerhard Renner (born June 27, 1949 in Berlin ; died June 2, 2019 in Ottiglio , Piedmont ) was a German publisher .

The authors published by Verlag Klaus G. Renner included mainly French and German authors of classical modernism, surrealists , Dadaists and border crossers, including forgotten authors of the emigration such as Walter Serner , of whom a complete edition was published by Renner, or incommensurable loners such as the Phantast Paul Scheerbart . Another focus in Germany was little or hardly known French authors such as Alfred Jarry , Paul Morand , Benjamin Péret and Jules Renard .

But Renner also made a name for himself with contemporary German-speaking authors. The publishing house, which was based in Erlangen for a long time , published Franconian authors such as Ludwig Fels and Fitzgerald Kusz . By the Austrian authors, published by Renner HC Artmann and Helmut Eisendle . Other authors were Hartmut Geerken and Oskar Pastior .

It happened to the small publisher, who often navigated the verge of bankruptcy, that authors made famous by him were taken over by larger publishers and were much more successful there. Renner sold 3,000 copies of Walter Serner's Die Tigerin . After he had to license the paperback rights to DTV out of financial difficulties, the paperback edition reached a circulation of 38,000 copies.

In 1986 Renner was awarded the ZEIT Prize for Small Publishers for his publishing achievements .

Since 2000 Renner lived in his adopted home Piedmont, most recently together with the artist Geesche Wolfer-vom Hove. In 2019 he died there shortly before his 70th birthday after a long illness. He left a son.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituaries in the NZZ , accessed on June 17, 2019.
  2. ↑ a b ZEIT Prize to Klaus G. Renner , article by Rolf Michaelis from October 3, 1986 in Die Zeit , accessed on June 17, 2019.
  3. ↑ Klaus G. Renner , report on BuchMarkt.de from June 15, 2019, accessed on June 17, 2019.
  4. ↑ Renner obituary , at Altervista.org (Italian), accessed June 17, 2019.
  5. ↑ La scomparsa dell'editore Klaus G. Renner , article by Roberto Coaloa in Il Monferrato of June 17, 2019 (Italian), accessed on June 17, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Renner, Klaus G.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Renner, Klaus Gerhard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German publisher
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH 2nd June 2019
Place of death Ottiglio , Piedmont