Olaf R. Spittel

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Olaf R. Spittel (born January 28, 1953 in Gotha ) is a German editor , writer , translator , media scientist and publisher . Since 2000 he has headed the 28 Eichen publishing house in Barnstorf . In addition to his own works, he published numerous anthologies in the GDR that helped shape German science fiction . He works as an editor in the field of popular media, especially on the topics of science fiction and fantasy, and also publishes anthologies and theoretical works such as essays, articles and bibliographies.

Life

Career

Olaf R. Spittel, born in Gotha in 1953, worked after studying philosophy at the Humboldt University of Berlin and obtaining his doctorate. phil., as a lecturer for philosophy and ethics at the Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften (DVW) and supervised the publication of SF literature at the publishing house Das Neue Berlin from 1979 to 1984 , in particular from western foreign countries and the classical heritage. In this work he resembles the editor Wolfgang Jeschke , who was responsible for science fiction at Heyne Verlag in the west of the republic .

Olaf R. Spittel has been a freelance literary theorist, critic and editor since 1984. He wrote articles and reviews for various newspapers and literary magazines, many theoretical papers - such as B. an essayistic-lexical brochure about the GDR-SF (together with Erik Simon ) - and afterwords; Spittel was the author of an ongoing bibliography of SF publications in the GDR (in the "Lichtjahr" almanac) and worked on a history of SF films. As an author, he wrote stories: short, pointed texts of a satirical or humorous kind, often with black humor. In addition, radio plays from the areas of crime and fantasy were created.

In the period up to 1990 he published works by writers such as: Lothar Weise , Karsten Kruschel , Peter Lorenz , Heinz Entner , Franz Fühmann , Paul Ehrhardt , Gottfried Meinhold , Wolfgang Kellner , Gerhard Branstner , Gert Prokop , Günther Krupkat , Erhard Agricola , Wolf Weitbrecht , Herbert Friedrich , Carlos Rasch , Karl-Heinz Tuschel , Erich Köhler , Curt Letsche and many other classic science fiction authors.

publishing company

After the fall of the Wall, Spittel went to Barnstorf and founded his own literary publisher there in 2000, the »28 Eichen« publishing house. Under the motto “Books for majorities who are treated like minorities”, a program was developed that includes non-fiction, fiction and feminist literature as well as literature for young people and picture books.

There he publishes contemporary works by authors and translators such as Fritz Becker (* 1947), Klauspeter Bungert , Nadine Erler (* 1978), Sigrid Ertl, translator Detlef Fischer (* 1960), author Renegald Gruwe (* 1956), author and graphic artist Lutz Hartmann (1950), Reinhard Hillich (* 1948), translator Anne Koch (* 1979), author Sabine Koriath (* 1968), translator Ilona Limke-Bollweg (* 1970), author Kurt Nikolaus (* 1954), narrator Karin Schäfer ( * 1975) or the playwright Peter Wayand (* 1972), who is most frequently represented in the publishing series with his own works with five plays such as "Sünde" or "Rosensieg: Der Tod Old Shatterhands".

Spittel has been married since 1974 and lives in Lower Saxony in the rural community of Barnstorf.

Awards

  • 1990: The "Traumfabrikant" prize (awarded by the SF club "Andymon" with the participation of other organized SF fans from the GDR) in the "Special Prize" category together with Erik Simon for the publication of the lexicon "Science-Fiction of the GDR".

Books

As editor (selection)

  • Tales from the junk moon. A science fiction anthology , Verlag Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-360-00307-1 (collection of stories that take place in the world of history Der Trödelmond bei Toliman by Angela and Karlheinz Steinmüller )
  • The time island. SF stories from a country that once existed , Verlag Neues Leben, Berlin 1991, ISBN 3-355-01266-1 .
  • Time games. Ex oriente Science Fiction , Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-453-05823-2 .

As an author

  • Science fiction in the GDR. Bibliography , Verlag 28 Eichen, Barnstorf 2000, ISBN 3-8311-0691-6 .
  • Life after the computer. Satirical science fiction short stories , Verlag 28 Eichen, Barnstorf 2004, ISBN 3-9809387-0-0 .
  • Fall up. Radio plays , Verlag 28 Eichen, Barnstorf 2009, ISBN 978-3-940597-40-3 .
  • Inside. Humorous medical factual stories , Verlag 28 Eichen, Barnstorf 2009, ISBN 978-3-940597-37-3 .
  • Magical puzzles. Historical puzzles for children and other clever people who enjoy the language plus two entertaining essays on the history and nature of the puzzle. Verlag 28 Eichen, Barnstorf 2009. ISBN 978-3-940597-32-8 .

As translator

  • The debut of Bimbashi Yoyce , The King of the Foxes , Shadows on the Wall. In: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle : The Green Flag (Selected Works, Vol. 11), edited by Olaf R. Spittel, ISBN 978-3-940597-05-2 .
  • The caviar can. In: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Stories at the Fireplace (Selected Works, Vol. 8), edited by Olaf R. Spittel, ISBN 978-3-940597-00-7 .
  • A literary mosaic , A man of honor , With strange feathers , The tragedy on the blood stone. In: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Lord Barrymore (Selected Works, Vol. 28), edited by Olaf R. Spittel, ISBN 978-3-940597-31-1 .

As a publisher (selection)

  • Kurt Nikolaus
    • Visiting Sherlock Holmes
  • Peter Wayand
    • Code named Blue Flower
    • The Conan Doyle case
    • I could cry over Goethe
    • sin
    • Rose victory. The death of Old Shatterhand

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biographical data from Olaf R. Spittel in: Verlag 28 Eichen
  2. ↑ Short biography of Olaf R. Spittel in Science Fiction History, Fantastic Events 1953, by Hardy Kettlitz & Siegfried Breuer ( Memento of the original from February 28, 2016 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.epilog.de
  3. ↑ Biographical data from Olaf R. Spittel in: "Solaris", Edition 7, Übergrenzen-Verlag, 1986, p. 160.
  4. ↑ Catalog raisonné by Olaf R. Spittel in: Verlag 28 Eichen
  5. ↑ Radio play by Olaf R. Spittel in: Radio plays with title - Mord im Paradies
  6. ↑ http://www.verlag28eichen.de/haben/ertl/ertl.htm , accessed on March 6, 2019
  7. ^ Olaf R. Spittel in: "Science-fiction: Personalia zu einer Genre in der DDR", by Erik Simon, Olaf R. Spittel, Verlag Das Neue Berlin, 1982, p. 84.
  8. ^ "Science-fiction in the FRG: On theory and marketing e. Literary. Genres by Olaf R. Spittel, 1985.
  9. ^ Olaf R. Spittel in: Science-fiction , by Olaf R. Spittel, Mitteldeutscher Verlag, 1987, p. 188.
  10. ^ "Fantastic Stories" by Jack London, Ed. Olaf R. Spittel, New Life Publishing House, 1988.
  11. ↑ "Magical puzzles: historical puzzles for children and other clever people who enjoy language plus two entertaining essays on the history and nature of the puzzle", Olaf R. Spittel, 2009.
personal data
SURNAME Spittel, Olaf R.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German editor, writer, translator, media scientist and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Gotha , Germany