Reinhardt O. Cornelius-Hahn
Reinhardt O. Cornelius-Hahn (born March 9, 1947 in Gottberg , Ruppin district ) is a German writer and publisher . He was managing director and majority shareholder of Projekt-Verlag Cornelius GmbH in Halle (Saale) . He is the owner of Projekt Verlag Hahn in Halle (Saale)
Life
Reinhardt Otto Hahn left the GDR as a child with his parents in June 1953 . He started school in Krefeld- Traar am Rhein. In 1959 he returned to the GDR with two siblings and his father. The father died in 1960. After the border was closed in 1961, the child was not allowed to return to the mother. He and his school friend tried to cross the border in Berlin in July 1962. Companion's handwritten letter. He came to the children's home in Kyritz. In 1966 he settled in the Halle district . He became deputy shift leader in Leuna and an official of the FDJ . In 1976 he was expelled from the SED for "invading socialism" .
Two marriages and two divorces followed. Short-term unemployment and job changes determined his everyday life. He became acutely alcoholic . He found support in literary experiments and studied at the Leipzig Literature Institute from 1978 to 1982 . He has been abstinent since January 14, 1982.
Since 1983 he has worked as a freelance writer. His first novel, The Last First Glass , which deals with alcoholic disease, sold over 245,000 copies and featured in more than 1,200 book readings. It was followed by Noah II (together with Klaus-Dieter Loetzke), with Ausgedient - A Stasi major tells a novella that he developed from the notes of a major in the Ministry of State Security. He published a fictional chronicle for the tetralogy "The ordinary building" A stone is more likely to cry than a person shows mercy for himself . (Taken from the documents of the federal authorities from the documents of the GDR from 1984 and 1988) Reinhardt O. Cornelius-Hahn had problems with the cultural-political authorities of the GDR and the Ministry for State Security . In April 1990, he and his wife became members of the New Forum. From the round table he held talks and consultations in the penal institutions in Halle (Roter Ochse and Frohe Zukunft) in order to help initiate and control changes. In 1992, the Gauck authority at the time presented him with two OPKs , one of which he published in 2008 as a book. After German reunification in 1990, he founded a printing and publishing company, JUCO GbR, which became a GmbH in March 1991 and was entered in the register in December 1991 ( Projekt -Verlag Cornelius / HRB 203661). In this publishing house, he published eight works for children with print runs between 3,000 and 80,000 copies. In 1991 he became the managing director of JUCO GmbH and its majority shareholder. After several years of cooperation, he took over Projekt-Verlag 188 to Projekt-Verlag Cornelius GmbH in 2007. This GmbH filed for bankruptcy on May 16, 2014. The planned sale in 2015 did not succeed. In 2017, the bankruptcy court ruled the company out. Reinhardt O. Cornelius-Hahn works as a publisher and author at Projekt Verlag Hahn. Since 2015 he has published 32 titles by authors at Projekt Verlag Hahn. Another 29 of his own titles are in the holdings of the German National Library .
Reinhardt O. Cornelius-Hahn is a member of the Friedrich-Bödecker-Kreis Saxony-Anhalt and, as a publisher, a member of the IHK Halle-Dessau. His books have been translated into three languages. The documentary film Aus Liebe zum Volk based on its original (narrator Axel Prahl ) was shown in 78 countries.
He has been living in his third marriage since 1988. After preparation and examination by the ethics committee , he gave his wife a kidney, which was transplanted on February 1, 2006 . Reinhardt O. Cornelius-Hahn has been medically proven to have abstained from addictive substances for more than 20 years. Today he and his wife live in Halle (Saale).
Publications
- The last first glass , Mitteldeutscher Verlag Halle, 1986
- Noah II , Mitteldeutscher Verlag Halle, 1989
- Out of service - A Stasi major tells , Mitteldeutscher Verlag Halle, 1990
- The accolade , Projekt-Verlag Halle, 1993
- The search for happiness , Juco GmbH Halle, 1993
- The miracle ball , Juco GmbH Halle, 1993
- The stolen light , Projekt-Verlag Halle, 1998
- Pour l`amour du peuple, Histoire a`deux voix, Albin Michel publishing house, France 1999
- On the other side of the wall , Projekt-Verlag Halle, 2004
- Hussites in Naumburg , Projekt-Verlag Halle, 2005
- I dream of happiness , Projekt-Verlag Halle
- OPK "Broiler" , Projekt-Verlag Halle, 2008
- Family chronicle , Projekt-Verlag Halle, 2009
- Arid regions: An anthology , Projekt-Verlag Halle, 2009
- Things that rumble at night: an anthology , Projekt-Verlag Halle, 2010
- Weißenfels for children: The pink ribbon , Projekt-Verlag Halle, 2010
- 2062: An anthology , Projekt-Verlag Halle, 2012
- Halved , Projekt-Verlag Halle, 2013
- Tetralogy What should your fault with me , Projects Verlag, 2018, Volume 1
- Tetralogy The Ordinary Building , Projekt-Verlag, 2018, 2019 Leipzig Book Fair
- Tetralogy The future was our country , Projekt-Verlag, 2019 Leipzig Book Fair
- The last first glass , exhibition in the Hartmann Collection in the German National Library, Book and Writing Museum, Leipzig 2019
- Tetralogy Das Paradies im Madhaus , Projekt-Verlag, 2019 Frankfurt Book Fair
Web links
- Literature by and about Reinhardt O. Cornelius-Hahn in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ ? New forum. Retrieved October 3, 2019 ("New forum" link no longer works).
- ^ Verlag Hahn MVB identification number: 5267729 Projects Verlag Hahn
- ^ Projects Verlag Hahn books
- ↑ Out of love for the people
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cornelius-Hahn, Reinhardt O. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hahn, Reinhard; Hahn, Reinhardt O. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer and publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 9, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gottberg , Ruppin district |