Matthes & Seitz

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The Matthes & Seitz Verlag GmbH was from 1977 to 2002, a German publishing house , based in Munich .

history

The former publishing house in Munich-Bogenhausen

In 1977 the publisher Axel Matthes and the manufacturer Claus Seitz founded the publishing house. Both had previously worked for the Rogner & Bernhard publishing house . In 1983 Seitz left the publishing house and became production manager at Carl Hanser Verlag . After that, Matthes & Seitz was continued alone by Matthes, who only employed one accountant. The publisher published an average of fifteen books a year. The program consisted of the series Debate , Batteries , Cultural Curiosities and Lovers' Library . The publishing house was initially located in the Heimeran publishing house at Dietlindenstrasse 14, and later in the basement of a villa in Bogenhausen at Mauerkircherstrasse 10. The publisher's signet shows an African petroglyph . After a partner left in 1995, the publishing house ran into financial difficulties. Since the heirs of Matthes showed no interest in taking over the publishing house, he entered into negotiations with Suhrkamp . However, after the death of its publisher Siegfried Unseld in 2002, a takeover did not take place. The the publisher as an accountant employed Andreas Rötzer decided with a stake of Ursula Haeusgen , which operates the Munich Lyric Cabinet , establishing a new GmbH in 2004. Rötzer led logo, book stock and rights under the modified name Matthes & Seitz Berlin continues , however, did not assume the debt.

program

The publisher has published the editions of Antonin Artaud , Georges Bataille , Michel Leiris , Donatien Alphonse François de Sade and Otto Weininger , books by the philosopher Jean Baudrillard and two volumes with a selection of stories by the French author Pierre Gripari . A reprint edition with two supplementary volumes (unpublished texts, materials and general index) made the writings of Rahel Varnhagen von Ense , which had been out of print since the 19th century , accessible again in 1983 in nine volumes .

In 1984 Gerd Bergfleth published the volume On the Critique of Palavern Enlightenment . Bergfleth's contributions in particular were criticized as right-wing conservative and anti-Semitic . In a conversation with Merkur , publisher Matthes defended Bergfleth from accusations of anti-Semitism. In 1987 the publisher's yearbook appeared for the first time under the title Der Pfahl. Yearbook from the no man's land between art and science. The publication of the yearbook was discontinued in 1995 with the ninth volume. The batteries series will be continued by Matthes & Seitz Berlin.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Helmut Mayer: Every book is a small seminar for the publisher . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, November 21, 2015, p. 20.
  2. ↑ Benedikt Erenz: Literary Expeditions into the Unsteady: Creating Confusion, Making Books . In: The time . August 16, 1985, ISSN  0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed February 4, 2020]).
  3. ↑ The left-right game. Accessed January 1, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Micha Brumlik : The fear of the father. Anti -Semitic tendencies in the area of ​​new social movements , in: Alphons Silbermann / Julius H. Schoeps : Antisemitismus nach dem Holocaust. Inventory and appearances in German-speaking countries, Cologne, Berend von Nottbeck, 1984, pp. 155–158
  5. ^ Rolf Grimminger: "Heimsuchungen der Vernunft", in: Merkur 9/10, 1985, pp. 842–858; P. 855
  6. ↑ The stake. ISSN 0933-6362  
  7. ↑ batteries. Accessed January 30, 2020 .

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