Lutz Schulenburg

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lutz Schulenburg (born April 21, 1953 in Hamburg-Bergedorf ; † May 1, 2013 in Plau am See ) was a German anarchist publisher and co-founder of Edition Nautilus .

Life

Schulenburg grew up as a child of a working-class family with two siblings. In mid-1968 he joined the socialist student group, the Action Group for Independent Socialist Students (AUSS) in Bergedorf, where he worked for the APO . In 1969 his destination was Cuba ; However, he only got as far as Munich and temporarily kept himself afloat with auxiliary work. After the official return to Hamburg, he began an apprenticeship as a decorator and was involved in a union. Because of "anarchist activities" he was expelled from the union.

He refused to do military service , did civilian service in the social welfare office in Bergedorf, from which he was released prematurely for "performance sabotage". 1971/1972 he worked at the post office .

In 1971 he founded the magazine MAD with Pierre Gallissaires . In 1972 Hanna Mittelstädt joined. Schulenburg joined the publishing industry in Hamburg's Spartakus book distribution , from which the Edition Nautilus emerged in 1974. After that Schulenburg worked with some effect as a book publisher and editor of magazines (including Die Aktion , MAD ) until his untimely death at the age of 60. Schulenburg achieved its greatest commercial success as a publisher with the detective novel Tannöd by Andrea Maria Schenkel , but the literature of the avant-garde, anarchism and radicalism was kept on the backlist . In addition, something new was always discovered.

Schulenburg was posthumously honored as a “radical optimist”, “one of the last self-thinkers”, “progressive indomitable” and “subversive greatness”.

Schuleberg died during a rehabilitation stay in Plau am See of the consequences of a cerebral hemorrhage that he suffered around six weeks before his death at the Leipzig Book Fair . He was buried on May 17th in a cemetery in Hamburg-Diebsteich. Around 200 people were present.

literature

  • Lutz Schulenburg (ed.): Change life, change the world! 1968. Documents and reports. Edition Nautilus , Hamburg 1998, ISBN 3-89401-289-7 .
  • Lutz Schulenburg (Ed.): Let's be realistic, let's try the impossible! Rebellious contradictions. Edition Nautilus, Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-89401-437-7 (also a homage to 30 years of publishing history).
  • Hanna Mittelstädt, Lutz Schulenburg (ed.): The wind of change. the Zapatistas and the social movement in the metropolises . Comments and documents . Edition Nautilus, Hamburg 1997, ISBN 3-89401-276-5 .
  • The order of the profane has to be established by the idea of ​​happiness. In memory of Lutz Schulenburg. (= The Action (Nautilus) . Issue 220). Compiled and edited by Hanna Mittelstädt. 2013, ISBN 978-3-89401-759-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Annett Gröschner : The Hanseatic anarchist. In: Friday , No. 19, May 8, 2013.
  2. ↑ Christoph Twickel: On the death of Lutz Schulenburg: A radical optimist. In: Spiegel Online . May 2, 2013, accessed April 23, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Jochen Schimmang : Obituary Lutz Schulenburg: One of the last self-thinkers. In: taz.de . May 3, 2013, accessed April 23, 2019 .
  4. ^ Hajo Steinert : The progressive indomitable: To the death of the publisher Lutz Schulenburg. In: Deutschlandfunk broadcast “Culture Today”. May 2, 2013, accessed April 23, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Subversive greatness. In: Badische Zeitung . May 4, 2013, archived from the original on January 24, 2016 ; accessed on April 23, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Bernd Drücke : Lutz Schulenburg: An obituary. In: Grassroots Revolution . June 20, 2013, accessed on April 23, 2019 (reproduced on linksnet.de ).
personal data
SURNAME Schulenburg, Lutz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German anarchist publisher and founder of Edition Nautilus
DATE OF BIRTH April 21, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg-Bergedorf
DATE OF DEATH 1st of May 2013
Place of death Plau am See