Michael Faber (publisher)

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Michael Faber (born August 17, 1961 in Leipzig ) is a German publisher and was cultural mayor of the city of Leipzig from 2009 to 2016.

Michael Faber studied German and art history , was lecturer for book and book trade history at the Börsenverein in Leipzig. In 1990 he founded the Faber & Faber publishing house with his father Elmar Faber . The 25-volume GDR library he edited was described by the weekly newspaper DIE ZEIT as "a poetic lexicon of vanished life". He was one of the pre-jurors of the MDR literature competition .

In 1997 he became a member of the Publishers' Committee and a member of the Assembly of Representatives (since 2007 industry parliament) of the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels in Frankfurt a. M. elected. In 2005 he founded the media service provider Agentur Amundsen, which specializes in audio books .

Faber was elected the new cultural mayor of Leipzig in April 2009 . Michael Faber, who was not a party to the party, was elected on the basis of a proposal by the Die Linke parliamentary group . Michael Faber replaced Georg Girardet (FDP) as full-time mayor and councilor of the city of Leipzig, responsible for Department IV - Culture. On November 8, 2010, Mayor Burkhard Jung withdrew Faber's responsibility for the Leipzig Opera , Gewandhaus , Theater der Junge Welt , Centraltheater and music school Leipzig "Johann Sebastian Bach" . The attempt to have Faber voted out of office failed on January 19, 2011. In March 2014, Jung returned all responsibilities to Faber.

From 2009 to 2016 he was a member of the culture committee of the German Association of Cities .

In 2016, the French Minister for Culture and Communication, Audrey Azoulay , appointed him Chevalier de l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres in recognition of his outstanding services to cultural cooperation between Germany and France .

In 2019 Michael Faber announced that he was daring to restart the publishing house Faber & Faber, which was founded with his father Elmar Faber .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Anke Westphal: Ost-Plünnen: Dear collector, please get in touch! . Review. In: DIE ZEIT of June 7, 1996. Retrieved September 7, 2017
  2. ↑ Michael Faber new Mayor of Culture Press report
  3. ↑ Press release of the MDR ( Memento of the original dated November 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mdr.de
  4. ↑ After disempowerment by OBM Jung (LVZ) ( Memento of the original from November 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / nachrichten.lvz-online.de
  5. ↑ Young looks old - Michael Faber remains Mayor of Culture (Leipziger Internet Zeitung)
  6. ↑ Internal e-mails of the NPD: "Please lie!" (MIRROR ONLINE)
  7. ↑ Cultural Mayor Faber remains in office . News dated January 19, 2011. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
  8. ↑ Mayor of Culture Faber gets full powers back . News dated March 20, 2014. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
  9. ↑ BuchMarkt Verlag K. Werner GmbH: Michael Faber appointed Chevalier de l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres | Book market. Retrieved on September 6, 2017 (German).
  10. ^ LVZ: Michael Faber revives the publishing house. Retrieved April 3, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Faber, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German publisher and cultural mayor of the city of Leipzig
DATE OF BIRTH 17th August 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig