Reinhold Geheeb

Reinhold Geheeb (born December 23, 1872 in Geisa ; † February 7, 1939 in Munich ) was an employee of the Albert-Langen-Verlag in Munich. He also worked as the editor of the satirical magazine Simplicissimus .

Life

Geheeb, son of the botanist Adalbert Geheeb and the younger brother of the reform pedagogue Paul Geheeb was a doctor of Romance studies. Employed by Albert Langen Verlag since August 1, 1897 , he was the main editor of Simplicissimus from 1901 to 1924 alongside his friend Ludwig Thoma . He is said to have written numerous captions, but they are not identified by name. With this he shaped the style of Simplicissimus for years . In 1906, together with Korfiz Holm and the draftsmen, he became a partner in the newly founded Simplicissimus Verlag GmbH.

Like Korfiz Holm, Geheeb was a member of the board of trustees after Albert Langen's death in 1909, which led the book publisher on behalf of the underage heirs. In 1918 he became a partner in Albert Langen Verlag. In 1924 he left the editorial team and Simplicissimus Verlag GmbH. His successor was Hermann Sinsheimer . Geheeb then worked for Albert Langen literary publishing house.

Fonts

• Prosthetical a and s in Romanian , Diss. Leipzig 1898
• Ed. With Ludwig Thoma: The 411 best jokes of Simplicissimus . Munich: Langen 1908
• Waving standards and flags . Munich: Langen 1914

literature

• Obituary: Börsenblatt for the German book trade . Vol. 106. Leipzig: 1939, pp. 142-144.
• Helga Abret / Aldo Keel: The copy book Korfiz Holms (1899-1903). A contribution to the history of Albert Langen Verlag and “Simplicissimus” . Bern, Frankfurt / M., New York, Paris: Peter Lang 1989, p. 17.
• Thomas Raff: The truth is often unlikely. Thomas Theodor Heine's letters to Franz Schoenberner from exile. Publications of the German Academy for Language and Poetry Darmstadt vol. 82. Göttingen 2004, p. 370.