Manfred Eger

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Manfred Eger (born September 17, 1927 in Wallenfels ; died February 29, 2016 in Bayreuth ) was a German journalist, writer and museum director.

biography

Eger's career began in the 1950s in the editorial team of the Bayreuth daily Fränkische Presse , where he worked as a culture editor and critic , as he later did for the Nordbayerischer Kurier . In 1973, Lord Mayor Hans Walter Wild entrusted the Richard Wagner researcher with the management of the Richard Wagner memorial , which he transferred to Wagner's Wahnfried residence in Bayreuth and expanded to become the Richard Wagner Museum. In addition, he played a key role in setting up the Jean-Paul and Franz Liszt museums in Bayreuth .

Eger designed exhibitions and broadcasts on the subject of Richard Wagner. He has written numerous publications, including several books.

Works

  • Oddities about the Bayreuth triumvirate. Margravine Wilhelmine, Jean Paul, Richard Wagner . Druckhaus Bayreuth, Bayreuth 1975.
  • Bayreuth profiles . Druckhaus Bayreuth, Bayreuth 1984, ISBN 978-3-922808-08-4 .
  • Wagner and the Jews. Facts and background. A documentation of the exhibition in the Richard Wagner Museum Bayreuth . Druckhaus Bayreuth, Bayreuth 1985.
  • Bayreuth. As we like it . Gondrom, Bindlach 1988, ISBN 978-3-8112-0570-3 .
  • If I make war on Wagner. The Nietzsche case and the human, all-too-human . Neff, Vienna 1988, ISBN 978-3-7014-0262-5 .
  • Nietzsche's Bayreuth Passion . 1st edition. Rombach, 2001, ISBN 978-3-7930-9283-4 .
  • It succeeds every 5000 years. Richard and Cosima Wagner. Evidence of an extraordinary connection . 1st edition. Hans Schneider, 2010, ISBN 978-3-7952-1302-2 .
  • On the way to Wahnfried . Ellwanger, Bayreuth 2011, ISBN 978-3-925361-96-8 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Manfred Eger died: The Richard Wagner Museum mourns its long-time director at: Richard Wagner Museum Bayreuth, accessed on March 30, 2016
  2. ↑ Where his wähnen found peace in: Nordbayerischer Kurier of March 7, 2016, p. 13
personal data
SURNAME Eger, Manfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist, writer and museum director
DATE OF BIRTH September 17, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Wallenfels
DATE OF DEATH February 29, 2016
Place of death Bayreuth