Ronald Hirlé
Ronald Hirlé (born February 12, 1950 in Strasbourg ; † December 3, 2019 there ) is a French publisher , author , photographer and the founder of the HIRLE publishing house. As a member of the young generation after the Second World War, he is committed to the German-French dialogue, the factual (objective) representation of historical events and the preservation of occidental culture in his publishing work.
life and work
Ronald Hirlé was born on February 12, 1950 as the son of the composer Mario Hirlé (founder of Cabaret Barabli with Germain Muller). He completed his school education at the Lycée Fustel de Coulanges (in Strasbourg). His role model in the student age was Charles de Gaulle , whom Hirlé admired for his strength of will and his achievements for France.
From an early age, Hirlé was interested in books, technical progress and photography. These inclinations ultimately led to the founding of his own publishing house in 1991, the Hirlé Editions in Strasbourg. This was preceded by a successful career as an advertising manager. In this branch he was, among other things, responsible for communications between German companies in France. These included, for example, Siemens AG, Schwan Stabilo, Triumph International and others.
The art historian Dominique Egret (Paris) and literary experts saw the work of Ronald Hirlé in the tradition of the old publishing house Flammarion in Paris, which was world-famous as a pure family business in the 20th century. "The country owes its size and reputation in the world above all to its literature, art and culture," says Hirlé.
Based on this thinking, the art history lover published the biography of the Parisian gallery owner Denise René , who worked internationally after 1945, early in 1996 . (Cinquante ans d'art construit, hommage à Denise René, ISBN 2-910048-38-1 ). In doing so, he has set a worthy memorial to the specialist in the Art Construit movement. Denise René helped the sometimes forgotten or still unknown artists to a great popularity. These included Max Ernst , Alexander Calder , Hans Arp , Yaacov Agam, Sonia Delaunay , Le Corbusier , Francis Picabia , Victor Vasarely ).
Some of the special books in Editions Hirlé should be mentioned here: the illustrated book - Les Jeux Olympiques de Berlin 1936 - by the German photographer Paul Wolff ("inventor" of the Leica Camera) and two books by the artist Tomi Ungerer (Noël dans tous ses états and Christmas once different). A major concern of Ronald Hirlé as an author is the Franco-German history of the 20th century. The chief translator for most of the publisher's publications is the author Sandrine Woelffel. The book “ Berlin : Libérée, occupée, divisée, unifiée” from 2009 by Sandrine Woelffel is regarded by historians as a particularly valuable contemporary historical document . It came about with technical support from the archives of the German government of Chancellor Angela Merkel (Berlin).
Around 300 publications in two decades
In the two decades of publishing history, Ronald Hirle has brought around 300 publications onto the market. Many of them are bibliophile treasures with themes from culture, art, war and peace. In 2010 the illustrated book with the title “ Arno Breker - Sculpteur. Designer. Architecte ”( ISBN 9782914729833 ) with an art historical text by the author Joe F. Bodenstein and a foreword by B. John Zavrel, Director of the Musée d'Art Européen (New York). The volume in French and German is the first informative and qualitative French publication about the sculptor based on the book "Arno Breker" by Charles Despiau, which was published by Ernest Flammarion in 1942 on the occasion of the then sensational Breker exhibition in the Orangery of the Tuileries in Paris .
Publications (selection)
- 2010 Arno Breker, Sculpteur-Dessinateur - Architecte. ISBN 978-2-914729-83-3
- 2010 Siemens du capitalisme familial à la multinational, by Clotilde Cadi
- 2010 L'évasion du cuirassé Jean-Bart
- 2010 Les pionniers de l'or noir by Jean-Claude Streicher
- 2009 Berlin : Libérée, occupée, divisée, unifiée, by Sandrine Woelffel
- 2009 L'Eurocorps et l'Europe de la defense
- 2009 Le goût d'un terroir Isigny
- 2009 Oradour, l'extermination by Bernard Fischbach
- 2009 1940, by René Epp
- 2009 Alsace, Les saveurs d'un terroir, by Roland Oberlé
- 2008 L'USS TEXAS battleship
- 2008 Le Charbon, Terre d'Energie, by Estelle Fruleux
- 2008 Pechelbronn, l'histoire du plus ancien site pétrolier français, by René Walther
- 2008 Peugeot, la marque au lion (7th edition),
- 2008 Les Ondes de la Terre: comprendre l'avenir, Patrice Canal
- 2008 Bernard Frédéric de Turckheim, from Jules Keller
- 2007 Les Géosciences au service des Hommes, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Géologie de Nancy
- 2007 Le Barabli, histoire d'un cabaret 1946-1988, by Ronald Hirlé & Dinah Faust
- 2006 Energie Nucléaire, comprendre l'avenir, by Bertrand Barré
- 2004 Mercedes-Benz Le futur automobile
- 2004 Pétrole & gaz: comprendre l'avenir, by Pierre-René Bauquis
- 2004 Le Struthof, by Raymond Couraud
- 2003 La porte de l'enfer by Franz Gockel / The gate to hell by Franz Gockel
- 2003 Omaha au nom des derniers témoins, by Gérard Cardonne & Raymond Couraud
- 2003 La dernière bataille, by Gérard Cardonne
- 2003 Campagnes d'Egypte et de Syrie by Maréchal Berthier
- 1994 Sur la piste du lion
- 1994 La cuisine à la bière by Rina Muller
- 1992 Les glacières by Bénédicte Herbage
- 1992 Les trois horloges astronomiques de la cathédrale de Strasbourg, by Bach, Rieb & Wilhelm
- 1991 L'histoire du téléphone, by Roland Oberlé
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sandrine Woelffel's obituary dated December 12, 2019, accessed on March 21, 2020
- ^ Biography RH in the artist archive of the European Culture Foundation, Nörvenich Castle
- ↑ Interview R. Hirlé with Museum Europäische Kunst , May 2012
- ↑ https://www.meaus.com/168-sandrine-woelffel.htm
- ↑ B.John Zavrel: report. https://www.meaus.com/00148-sandrine-woelffel.htm
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hirlé, Ronald |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French publisher, author, photographer and founder of the publishing house |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 12, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Strasbourg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd December 2019 |
| Place of death | Strasbourg |