Lichtung Verlag
The clearing Publishing (proper spelling: glade publisher) is a 1990 Viechtach established Fiction - and Sachbuchverlag with an emphasis in Bavarian literature.
history
In 1987, the Bayerwaldforum cultural association was founded in Viechtach as the first forerunner of Lichtung Verlag. Authors, artists, musicians, those interested in culture and politically active members of citizens' groups were involved in it. Their common goal was to publish a critical cultural magazine for the Bavarian Forest . With the magazine lichtung , they realized their goal as early as the end of 1987, the magazine was published every two months. In the following year the magazine was renamed magazin lichtung and the catchment area was expanded to include all of Eastern Bavaria . In 1996 the frequency of publication was extended to quarterly. In 1989, books were also published in the edition lichtung . For financial reasons, the Bayerwaldforum sold the publishing business to the newly founded Lichtung Verlag GmbH in 1990 . Hubert Ettl, who was also the initiator of the Bayerwaldforum, became managing director. In 2008 Lichtung Verlag took over the small Munich publisher Kuckuck & Straps from the publisher and painter Fritz Gebhardt alias Eugen Oker , which is being continued as a separate series. In 2014 he handed over the management to Eva Bauernfeind and Kristina Pöschl.
Publishing program
The Lichtung Verlag offered critical literary and cabaret voices a means of publication early on. The first books by Ottfried Fischer and Django Asül were published by this publisher . The publisher also publishes volumes of poetry, art books, short stories and novels. Some of the poetry volumes appear in Bavarian dialect . In the ReiseLeseBücher series, the publisher presented the regions of Bohemia , Bavarian Forest, Upper Palatinate and Lower Bavaria with literary texts, black and white photographs and travel tips. Well-known authors from the publishing house include Marianne Hofmann , Friedrich Brandl , Albert Sigl and Margret Hölle . In the area of non-fiction, the publisher mainly publishes books on contemporary history and focuses on the time of National Socialism. Above all, Otto Schwerdt and Thomas Muggenthaler should be mentioned as authors .
Magazine clearing
The Lichtung magazine appears quarterly. It sees itself as a critical culture magazine for the East Bavarian region and publishes, in addition to a detailed calendar of events, background reports, portraits of artists from the region, as well as comments and glosses on related topics. Over 30 authors write for the magazine, including Harald Grill , Gerd Holzheimer and Bernhard Setzwein .
Awards
- 2009 Literature Prize of the Upper Palatinate Jura for the magazine lichtung
- 2010 Prize from the Free State of Bavaria for a small Bavarian publisher
- 2011 Dominicus von Linprun Medal from the city of Viechtach for Lichtung Verlag
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Portrait of the publisher. Lichtung Verlag, accessed on January 26, 2015 .
- ↑ Daniela Shethar, Friedrich Kšthe: East Bavaria: Regensburg, Bavarian Forest . DuMont Reiseverlag, 2012, ISBN 978-3-7701-7243-6 , p. 71 .
- ↑ magazine clearance. Literaturportal Bayern, accessed on January 26, 2015 .