Literature Foundation Oberschwaben
The Upper Swabian Literature Foundation was founded in 1979 on the initiative of the writer Martin Walser and the Biberach entrepreneur Heinz Saueressig as an institution to promote literary life in the Swabian-Alemannic language region. The aim was to promote the creation of literature in Upper Swabia , in particular to enable the publication of editions of works, to collect literary bequests and to convey literature.
The charitable foundation started with a contribution from Martin Walser. Later, the capital stock grew to such an extent that the income made it possible to contribute to the publication or promotion of works.
Since the foundation, the editions of works by Maria Müller-Gögler , Maria Menz , Werner Dürrson and Josef W. Janker have been published and various individual publications, including Manfred Bosch's “Bohème am Bodensee”, have been funded. The foundation's task of archiving took a back seat because the German Literature Archive Marbach was ready to take over the important holdings of the Oberschwaben Literature Archive. In 2007, the board of the Oberschwaben Literature Archive Foundation decided to concentrate its activities on promoting literature. In addition, the foundation was renamed the "Literature Foundation Oberschwaben" in order to make the focus of the task recognizable to the outside world.
From the beginning, Martin Walser was a member of the board as chairman until 2003, as did retired mayor. D. Claus-Wilhelm Hoffmann (Chairman). In the place of the deceased founding members Heinz Saueressig and Walter Münch are Ulrich Raulff , the director of the German Literature Archive in Marbach, whose predecessor Ulrich Ott , Elmar Kuhn , former managing director of the Oberschwaben Society, Josef Büchelmeier , former Lord Mayor. D., Peter Schneider (MdL), President of the Sparkassenverband Baden-Württemberg, Kurt Widmaier , District Administrator of the Ravensburg District and Chairman of the OEW and Oswald Burger , Head of the Literary Forum Oberschwaben. The managing director of the foundation is Franz Hoben from the Friedrichshafen Cultural Office.
Publications
Since the foundation, thanks to the help of the state of Baden-Württemberg, Upper Swabian cities, districts and private donors, the listed works have been published:
- Maria Müller-Gögler: nine-volume complete edition. Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1980.
- Maria Menz: Three-volume complete edition of the poems. Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1981.
- Sepp Mahler: I the rascal, vagabond of the street. Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1984.
- Josef W. Janker: Four-volume complete edition. Gessler, Friedrichshafen 1988.
- Heinz Georg Dikreiter: From orphanage to factory. Edition Isele, Eggingen 1988.
- Jacob Picard: Works in 2 volumes. Faude, Constance 1991.
- Werner Dürrson: Works in 6 volumes. Elster, Baden-Baden 1992.
- Manfred Bosch: Bohème on Lake Constance. Libelle, Bottighofen / Bodensee 1997.
- Katharina Adler: Allgäu landscape. Edition Isele, 2000.
- Maria Menz: Correspondence with Martin Walser. Edited by Claus-Wilhelm Hoffmann. Edition Isele, Eggingen 2005.
- Werner Dürrson: Lohmann or the art of taking your own life. Klöpfer & Meyer, Tübingen 2007.
- Maria Menz: Complete Edition. New edition. Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 2008.
- Maria Menz: Correspondence Volume 2. Correspondence from Maria Menz with 39 other addressees. Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 2009.
- Maria Beig: A way of life. Klöpfer & Meyer, Tübingen 2009.
- Maria Beig: five-volume complete edition. Klöpfer & Meyer, Tübingen 2010.
- Werner Dürrson: Monument for the water. Klöpfer & Meyer, Tübingen 2012.
- Arnold Stadler: On the way to Winterreute: A trip into the world of the painter Jakob Bräckle. Jung & Jung, Salzburg 2012.
- Hans Dieter Schaal: Work in Progress. Edition Axel Menges, Stuttgart / London 2013.
- Hermann Kinder: The way of all flesh. weissbooks-w, Frankfurt 2014.