Rainer Schmitz (journalist)
Rainer Schmitz (* 1950 ) is a German journalist and book author.
Life
Schmitz has been culture editor for newspapers and magazines since 1979, for example for Die Welt , from 1990 as one of the founding editors at SZ-Magazin and since 1993 - also from the start of publication - at Focus . His main topics are literature and the book market. He is the author of the book What happened with Schiller's skull? which as a literary lexicon comprises around 1200 entries.
Works
- as editor: Ergötzliche Nights: unheard-of stories from the Italian Renaissance / rediscovered, with annotations, bibliographical notes and an afterword by Rainer Schmitz , Berlin: Die Andere Bibliothek 2017, ISBN 978-3-8477-0386-0 .
- as editor: a thousand and one days . Oriental stories. The Other Library , Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-8477-0015-9 .
- Enthusiasts - swindlers - charlatans. Magic and secret scientists . Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-205-78744-0 .
- What happened to Schiller's skull? Everything you don't know about literature . Eichborn, Frankfurt 2006, ISBN 3-8218-5775-7 . (Paperback edition Heyne, Munich, 2008, ISBN 978-3-453-60080-5 )
- Flea Waltz, Flea Traps and Fleas in the Ear: A Reader . Reclam, Leipzig 1997, ISBN 3-379-01588-1 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Rainer Schmitz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Rainer Schmitz at Focus
- Short biography and reviews of works by Rainer Schmitz at perlentaucher.de
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmitz, Rainer |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist and book author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1950 |