Robert Renato Schmidt

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Robert (called Renato) Wilhelm Friedrich Schmidt (born June 13, 1892 in Elberfeld , † August 27, 1948 in Lugano ) was a German publisher and writer .

Life

Schmidt, the only son of Robert Emanuel Schmidt , the chemist and later director of IG Farben , enrolled at Heidelberg University in 1911 . After a poem published in the magazine light and shadow , he was author of von Hermann master led Saturn publishing house . As a friend and financial supporter of Paul Zech, he played a key role in the expressionist bibliophile magazine Das neue Pathos .

On December 17, 1925, he registered the Merlin publishing house in Heidelberg. Herbert Grossberger , a childhood friend of Hermann Meister and also an author and graphic artist for Saturn Verlag, became the head of the newly founded company . The first books published by Alfred Kubin were works by Schmidt and Salomo Friedlaender .

In 1928 a private and business move to Baden-Baden took place. One of the main authors of the publishing house was now Otto Rombach ; as a book designer his brother Hermann Rombach was won. Publishing activities ended in 1932; numerous books were banned by the National Socialists since 1933.

A drug addiction has been guaranteed by RR Schmidt since the 1930s. a. in the University Hospital Burghözli sought to cure in Switzerland, where his parents lived until her death in 1938. Schmidt did not return to Germany and died in Lugano in 1948. He had his library auctioned in Zurich in 1942; nothing is known about the fate of his extensive collection of Kubin's works.

Schmidt was married twice; a son from his first marriage died on February 15, 1950 in Baden-Baden. His estate cannot be found.

plant

  • Currents. Meister, Heidelberg 1912 (not proven, possibly withdrawn; a second edition appeared in 1913).
  • Women. Meyer, Berlin 1913.
  • Socialism and individuality. Meister, Heidelberg 1919.
  • The wonderful. Meister, Heidelberg 1920.
  • Episodes of Doom. Merlin-Verlag, Heidelberg 1926.
  • The magician. Merlin-Verlag, Heidelberg 1926.
  • Gabor. Merlin-Verlag, Heidelberg 1927.
  • The slavery of women. Merlin-Verlag, Baden-Baden 1929.

literature

  • Paul Raabe : The authors and books of literary expressionism. Metzler, Stuttgart 1985. p. 421 (No. 265).
  • Thomas Hatry: Off the beaten track. Robert R. Schmidt and the Merlin publishing house. Summary of life and bibliography. Heidelberg 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Schmidt, Robert Renato
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schmidt, Robert Wilhelm Friedrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German publisher and writer
DATE OF BIRTH June 13, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Elberfeld
DATE OF DEATH August 27, 1948
Place of death Lugano