Roland Gööck

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Roland Gööck (1958)

Roland Gööck (born September 29, 1923 in Felchta ; † October 2, 1991 in Regensburg ) was a German editor, non-fiction author and lecturer, who worked mainly for Bertelsmann Verlag from 1954 .

life and career

Roland Gööck was born the son of a pastor in Thuringia; the ancestors on the paternal side were named Jöök and came from the Baltic States .

Gööck's first book, the utopian detective novel Corix , was published in 1948 under the pseudonym Peter Roland.

From 1954 to 1962 Gööck was Bertelsmann's press officer. At the end of the 1950s he published new editions of the works by Jules Verne (Sigbert Mohn Verlag, Vier-Falken-Verlag) and Robinson Crusoe (Sigbert Mohn Verlag, Bertelsmann Lesering) and in 1958 edited a biography of Zarah Leander for Bertelsmann based on the series of the same name in the Bild newspaper of Max Pierre Schaeffer . Editions of Karl May books for Bertelsmann Verlag, Mosaik Verlag (Hamburg), Scherz Verlag (Bern) and Phoenix Verlag (Bern / Munich), Heidi (Bertelsmann Lesering, Phoenix Verlag) followed in the early 1960s, at the end of the 1960s Years Onkel Toms Hütte (Bertelsmann, Scherz Verlag) and Wilhelm Busch's Hausapotheke (Praesentverlag Peter).

1962 marked the beginning of Roland Gööck's non-fiction career. He suggested to Bertelsmann that they create a large cookbook for the Bertelsmann Lesering ; the book overtook all circulation records in the first quarter of 1963. In the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, Gööck wrote more than 230 non-fiction books and illustrated books under his own name (board games, cookbooks) but also under various pseudonyms, each of which was chosen for certain subject groups:

Roland M. Gööck (including football), Lutz Adron (general knowledge), Pim Pinelli (spices of the world) , Peter Roland, Alexander Ettl (recipe books for fish, cheese, spices), Alex Ettl (architecture, cookbooks), Roland Gek (only used for books in Serbia), Roland Gēks (great inventions ...) , Rolf Jeromin ("cosmopolitan" topics: wine advice, culinary cuisine worldwide, travelogues), Peter Korn (Karl May books), Franz Mausener (humorous topics) and Peggy Persson (Wilhelm Busch's medicine cabinet) .

At Bertelsmann Gööck had the title of non-fiction-Goethe , others described him as a “prolific writer” and “non-fiction all-rounder” or as a “jack-of-all-trades” and “millionaire”. In 1983 his 230 books had a total print run of 41.5 million, including the leading German non-fiction book Das neue Große Kochbuch (3 million edition), All the wonders of this world (2 million) and Der Mensch in seine Welt ( 12 volumes, together 12 million).

In addition to the diversity of the topics he worked on, the speed of publications was Gööck's specialty. For the first time at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome , Gööck and his team ensured that the first illustrated books were in bookshops just four days after the closing ceremony. Further "Gööck'sche Schnellschüsse" ( branch jargon ) were made with illustrated books within just three days at soccer and athletics world championships and the Olympic Games.

“After the first book, I started to enjoy myself. Today I write books because every book plan is a new big adventure for me, because I learn a lot from everyone and because I think it's an important and good thing to simply express simple things. "

- Roland Gööck (1983)

Publications

For most publications (as of 1983: 230 books, non-fiction books and illustrated books) it is impossible to understand to what extent Roland Gööck was the author, initiator, coordinator and / or editor. According to WorldCat, there are currently (2011) 613 works in 951 publications and 21 languages, including German, English, Finnish, French, Italian, Croatian, Latvian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish; Portuguese, Swedish, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Hungarian.

Early single tracks

  • Peter Roland (Roland Gööck): Corix is ​​against it (utopian crime novel), Iris-Bücherei, Engelbert-Verlag, Iserlohn / Regensburg, 1948
  • Roland Gööck: When the barrier broke - A report on the destruction of the Edertalsperre on May 17, 1943 and the reconstruction in the Edertal ; Wilhelm Bing Verlag, Korbach, 1953

Non-fiction books (selection)

  • Bertelsmann
    • Roland Gööck: Bertelsmann (detailed overview of the group), Sigbert Mohn Verlag, Gütersloh, 1959.
    • Roland Gööck: Books for millions. Fritz Wixforth and the history of Bertelsmann , Gütersloh, Bertelsmann Sachbuchverlag, 1968.
  • Cookbooks and spices (at least 53 books) including:
    • Roland Gööck: The new big cookbook , Bertelsmann-Ratgeberverlag, Munich, Gütersloh, Vienna, 1963 (1st edition).
    • Roland Gööck: Roland Gööck's new large cooking school , Mosaik-Verlag, Munich, 1986.
    • Roland Gööck: The book of spices , Mosaik-Verlag, Munich, 1965 (1st edition)
    • Roland Gööck: Baking with lust and love, 800 recipes , Bertelsmann Verlag, Gütersloh, 1970.
    • Roland Gööck: The 100 most famous recipes in the world - the color picture cookbook of international specialties , Sigloch Edition, Künzelsau, 1983.
  • General knowledge and quizzes (at least 41 books) including:
    • Roland Gööck: Quiz - Quiz - Quiz. Reached 2222 times in the box in which your knowledge slumbers , C. Bertelsmann Verlag, Gütersloh, 1st edition 1959.
    • Roland Gööck: Inventions of Mankind (total of 12 volumes: wind, water, sun, coal, oil; health, food, living, building; textile, building and living, lighting; sound, image, optics; communications engineering, electrical engineering; writing - printing Music), Sigloch Edition, Künzelsau, 1984.
    • Markus Plessner, Roland Gööck: The human being in his world , 12 volumes, Bertelsmann Verlag (Reinhard Mohn OHG, Praesent-Verlag Heinz Peter) 1980.
  • Travel illustrated books and atlases (at least 19 books), including:
    • Roland Gööck: The great Germany travel book , Praesent Verlag Peter, Hamburg, 1966.
    • Roland Gööck: The great dream trips - the most beautiful travel destinations in the world from Rome to Rio , European Education Association, Stuttgart, 1973 (1st edition).
    • Roland Gööck: New large world atlas , travel and transport publisher, Berlin / Gütersloh / Stuttgart, 1975.
  • Home improvement and furnishing (at least 9 books) including:
    • Roland Gööck: The great DIY book for house, apartment and garden , Mosaik-Verlag, Munich, 1981.
  • Guide to "Wine and Spirits" (at least 9 books), including:
    • Roland Gööck: The 1 × 1 of good wine Mosaik-Verlag, 1978.
  • Secrets and Mystery (at least 8 books) including:
    • Roland Gööck: The great riddles of our world at the limits of human knowledge , Bertelsmann Verlag, Gütersloh, 1969
  • Party and Hobby (at least 6 books), including:
    • Roland Gööck: The 1 × 1 of Magic , 1966.
    • Roland Gööck: Das Party-Buch , Bertelsmann Verlag, Gütersloh, 1976.
    • Roland Gööck: The large practical handicraft book Mosaik Verlag, Munich, 1977.
  • Board games (at least 5 books), including:
    • Roland Gööck: The big book of games - 1000 games for young and old , C. Bertelsmann Verlag, Gütersloh, 1st edition 1964.
  • World Championships and Olympic Games (at least 4 books) including:
    • Roland Gööck: VIII Football World Cup England 1966 , Bertelsmann Verlag, Gütersloh, 1966.
    • Roland Gööck: The Olympic Games, Mexico City, Grenoble, 1968 , Bertelsmann Verlag, Gütersloh, 1969.
  • Health and Humor (at least 3 books) including:
    • Roland Gööck: Plaster bandage & ringing in the ears - tricks, tricks and tips for health and well-being , Heyne Verlag, Munich, 1982.

literature

  • Bertelsmann Illustrierte (1965): We spoke with: Circulation millionaire Roland Gööck
  • Bertelsmann Club Courir (1983): Roland Gööck celebrates his 60th birthday
  • BuchMarkt Nr. 3 (1981), p. 89: How does Roland Gööck, the author of meanwhile 150 (!) Books, work?

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jörg Weigand: Dreams on Thick Paper: the loan book after 1945, a piece of book history ; Nomos, 1995; Page 56
  2. ^ Thomas Lehning: The Media House: Past and Present of the Bertelsmann Group ; Wilhelm Fink Verlag, Munich, 2004; Page 78
  3. ^ W. Christian Schmitt: Before the end of reading culture: 20 years of book and literature market up close ; Morstadt, 1990; Page 268
  4. ↑ Gööck lives ; Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, December 3, 2004, No. 283, page 33
  5. ^ WorldCat: Roland Gööck

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personal data
SURNAME Gööck, Roland
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gööck, Roland M .; Adron, Lutz; Pinelli, Pim; Roland, Peter; Ettl, Alexander; Ettl, Alex; Gek, Roland; Gēks, Roland; Jeromin, Rolf; Korn, Peter; Mausener, Franz; Persson, Peggy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and editor
DATE OF BIRTH September 29, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Felchta
DATE OF DEATH October 2, 1991
Place of death regensburg