Paul Raabe

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Paul Raabe (born February 21, 1927 in Oldenburg ; † July 5, 2013 in Wolfenbüttel ) was a German literary scholar and librarian , according to FAZ "Germany's most famous librarian".

Life

After graduating from the Graf-Anton-Günther-Schule in Oldenburg, training as a qualified librarian at the Oldenburg State Library and studying German and history in Hamburg, he was head of the library of the German Literature Archive in Marbach from 1958 to 1968 , before he took over the management of the Herzog August Library in Wolfenbüttel in 1968 . Here he began to expand and open the library, which was the largest in Europe in the 17th century, into a modern, internationally recognized study and research facility for the Middle Ages and the early modern period . Among other things, a scholarship and research program, a publications department and a student program have been set up. Little by little, other buildings were incorporated into the library, so that a real library quarter was created.

As a librarian in Wolfenbüttel, Raabe succeeded Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and Gotthold Ephraim Lessing . In 1987 he received honorary doctorates from the Jagiellonian University in Cracow and the Technical University of Braunschweig . In 1991 Raabe was made an honorary citizen of the city of Wolfenbüttel.

From 1992 to 2000 Raabe was director of the Francke Foundations in Halle (Saale) , member of the board of trustees of the Klassik Stiftung Weimar and of the Weimar '99 Board of Trustees .

In February 1997 he received an honorary doctorate from the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg , and on February 21, 2002 he was made honorary citizenship of the city of Halle (Saale). Raabe published numerous works on the history of books, libraries and sources, on the literature of Expressionism , the Enlightenment and Weimar Classics . He bequeathed his academic legacy to the Oldenburg State Library.

Paul Raabe was married to Mechthild Raabe, the sister of the writer Hans Egon Holthusen . He had four children, including Katharina , editor for Eastern European literature at Suhrkamp Verlag Berlin, and Christiane , director of the Munich International Youth Library. His sister Elisabeth Raabe is a literary scholar and publisher.

Paul Raabe died on July 5, 2013 in Wolfenbüttel after a stroke.

Awards

Works (selection)

  • Introduction to book studies for German literary studies. Metzler: Stuttgart 1961
  • Source studies on recent German literary history. Metzler: Stuttgart 1962. VIII + 144 pp.
  • Holderlin's Letters - Studies on the Development and Personality of the Poet . Stuttgart: Metzler 1963. X + 326 pp.
  • The magazines and collections of literary expressionism. Repertory of journals, yearbooks, anthologies, compilations, publication series and almanacs 1910–1921 . Stuttgart: Metzler 1964. 14 + 263 pp.
  • Franz Kafka: "All the stories". Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1970, ISBN 3-596-21078-X (as editor).
  • Love of books and reading pleasure. Contributions to the history of the book industry in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Metzler Verlag, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 978-3-476-00556-4 .
  • How Shakespeare traveled through Oldenburg. Sketches and pictures from Oldenburg's cultural history. Heinz Holzberg Verlag, Oldenburg 1986, ISBN 978-3-87358-275-0 .
  • Walks through Nietzsche's Sils-Maria. Arche Verlag, Zurich 1994 (6th edition), ISBN 978-3-7160-2182-8 .
  • Walks through Lessing's Wolfenbüttel. Arche Verlag, Zurich 1997, ISBN 978-3-7160-2228-3 .
  • August Hermann Francke 1663–1727. Bibliography of his writings. Publishing house of the Francke Foundations Halle in the Max-Niemeyer-Verlag, Tübingen 2001, ISBN 978-3-484-84105-5 .
  • ... returned to my fatherland: Adolph Freiherr Knigge in Hanover 1787-1790 . Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen 2002, ISBN 3-89244-639-3 .
  • My expressionist decade. Beginnings in Marbach am Neckar. Arche Verlag, Zurich 2004, ISBN 978-3-7160-2328-0 .
  • Visiting Max Brod - Impressions in Israel 1965. Niemeyer Verlag, Hameln 2004, ISBN 978-3-8271-8813-7 .
  • Lessing's book acquisitions. Directory of the books and magazines acquired in the Herzogliche Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel 1770–1781 (with Barbara Strutz), Wallstein-Verlag, Göttingen 2004, ISBN 978-3-89244-830-3 .
  • Walks through Goethe's Weimar. Arche Verlag, Zurich 2005 (10th, updated new edition), ISBN 978-3-7160-2256-6 .
  • The historic orphanage: The main building of the Francke Foundations. (with Thomas Müller-Bahlke ), Verlag der Franckeschen Stiftungen, Halle (Saale) 2005, (2nd, modified edition), ISBN 978-3-931479-73-2 .
  • Eva König (Hamburg heads). Verlag Ellert & Richter, Hamburg 2005, ISBN 978-3-8319-0191-3 .
  • Lessing's book estate: Directory of the books and manuscripts left by Lessing in his apartment when he died in 1781. (with Barbara Strutz), Wallstein-Verlag, Göttingen 2007, ISBN 978-3-8353-0157-3 .
  • Early Book Years: Memories. Arche Verlag, Zurich 2007, ISBN 978-3-7160-2369-3 .
  • Bibliosibirsk or in the middle of Germany. Years in Wolfenbüttel. Arche Verlag, Zurich 2007 (2nd edition). ISBN 978-3-7160-2139-2 .
  • Readers' life: stories from princes, collectors, scholars and other readers. Arche Verlag, Zurich 2008, ISBN 978-3-7160-2383-9 .
  • Tradition and innovation. Studies and Notes on Library History . Journal of Librarianship and Bibliography . Special volume 110. With an afterword by Georg Ruppelt . Frankfurt am Main: Klostermann 2013.

literature

  • Paul Raabe on his 80th birthday. A life's work in books. Catalog for the exhibition from February 22 to April 14, 2007 in the Oldenburg State Library . Isensee, Oldenburg, 2007. ISBN 978-3-89995-393-0 .
  • Ricarda Dick (Ed.): I was never an expressionist. Kurt Hiller in correspondence with Paul Raabe 1959–1968 , Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen 2010. ISBN 978-3-8353-0785-8 .
  • Mühlpfordt, Günther , article on the occasion of the 85th birthday of Prof. Dr. Dr. mult. Paul Raabe. 2nd edited version, Ed. Rolf Osterwald, in: Francke-Blätter, Heft 2/2012 and Heft 3/2012, extended reprints as 3rd and 4th edition, Ed. Frank Motzki; Typesetting and printing: Buchfabrik Halle , Halle (Saale) 2012 and 2013.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rescuers of Expressionism In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of March 18, 2004, No. 66, page 36.
  2. ^ Technical University of Braunschweig, honorary doctorate , accessed on July 5, 2013.
  3. ↑ Honorary Citizen , accessed on January 21, 2018.
  4. ^ Landesbibliothek opens Paul Raabe Archive , accessed on April 15, 2015
  5. ↑ Börsenblatt of July 5, 2013 , accessed on July 5, 2013.
  6. ^ List of members . In: Yearbook of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences . No. 2013 , 2014, pp. 40 .
  7. ^ Weimar Prize 2007 for Paul Raabe ( Memento from December 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ).
personal data
SURNAME Raabe, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German literary scholar and librarian
DATE OF BIRTH February 21, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Oldenburg (Oldenburg)
DATE OF DEATH 5th July 2013
Place of death Wolfenbüttel