Volker Michels

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Volker Michels (born February 25, 1943 in Villingen ) is a German lecturer and editor who became known primarily for his editions of the collected works of the Nobel Prize winner Hermann Hesse .

Life

Michels spent his high school at the Schloss Salem School , graduated from high school and then studied medicine and psychology in Freiburg and Mainz . In 1969 Siegfried Unseld , the publisher of Suhrkamp and Insel Verlag in Frankfurt am Main, hired him as a lecturer for German literature. By 2008 Michels had published more than a hundred thematic editions, including the posthumous writings and letters of Hermann Hesse. For the first time he summarized thousands of his culturally critical and political articles published in newspapers and magazines. In 2007 Michels completed the first complete Hesse edition (21 volumes, around 15,000 pages). He manages the artistic estate of the poet, which consists of more than 3000 watercolors.

As editor, Michels oversaw editions of works by Ernst Weiss , Friedrich Michael , Martin Beheim-Schwarzbach and Ernst Penzoldt . He initiated the collected works of Stefan Zweig and Manfred Hausmann published by S. Fischer Verlag . Since 2008 Michels has been working on a ten-volume edition of Hesse's letters, which are to appear as a supplement to the “Complete Works”.

He wrote numerous essays on literary and art-historical topics, which led to invitations to lecture tours through Europe, the USA, South America and Asia. Michels lives in Offenbach . There, over the years, he built up a Hermann Hesse edition archive used by researchers from all over the world. In 1990 he set up the Hesse Museum in Hesse's native town on behalf of the city of Calw and the German Literature Archive in Marbach .

Honors

Editions (selection)

From Hermann Hesse

  • Hermann Hesse. All works in 20 volumes and 1 register volume. Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2001-2007, ISBN 3-518-41100-4
  • Hermann Hesse. Collected letters in four volumes .
  • Hermann Hesse: Trees. Reflections and poems. With photographs by Imme Techentin. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1952; Paperback edition: Insel, Frankfurt am Main 1984, ISBN 3-458-32155-1 .
  • Hermann Hesse: Music. Reflections, poems, reviews and letters. With an essay by Hermann Kasack . Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1976; extended edition ibid 1986, ISBN 3-518-37717-5 .
  • Hermann Hesse. The answer is yourself. Letters to young people. Frankfurt am Main 2000, ISBN 3-458-34283-4
  • Hermann Hesse. Stories and fairy tales. Frankfurt am Main 2009, ISBN 978-3-518-42085-0
  • Hermann Hesse. The art of idleness. Short prose from the estate. Suhrkamp Taschenbuch 100, Frankfurt am Main 1973, ISBN 3-518-36600-9
  • Hermann Hesse. Little joys. Short prose from the estate. Frankfurt am Main 1977, ISBN 3-518-36860-5
  • Hermann Hesse. A literary history in reviews and essays. Suhrkamp Taschenbuch 252, Frankfurt am Main 1975, ISBN 3-518-36752-8
  • Hermann Hesse. Politics of conscience. The political writings . 2 vols. Frankfurt am Main 1977, ISBN 3-518-37156-8
  • About Hermann Hesse. Frankfurt am Main 1976, first volume (1904–1962). Suhrkamp Taschenbuch 331, ISBN 3-518-36831-1 (1995 edition), second volume (1963–1977).
  • Hermann Hesse - Rudolf Jakob Humm . Correspondence (together with Ursula Michels). Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1977, ISBN 3-518-03090-6
  • Hermann Hesse. His life in pictures and texts. With a foreword by Hans Mayer . Designed by Willy Fleckhaus . Suhrkamp Taschenbuch 3218. Frankfurt am Main 1979 (2000 edition), ISBN 3-518-39718-4
  • Hermann Hesse in eyewitness reports. Frankfurt am Main 1987, ISBN 3-518-38365-5
  • Materials for Hermann Hesse's “ Der Steppenwolf ” . Frankfurt am Main 1972, ISBN 3-518-36553-3
  • Materials on Hermann Hesse's " Siddhartha " , vol. 1: Texts by Hermann Hesse (origin). Suhrkamp Taschenbuch 129, Frankfurt am Main (1986 edition), ISBN 3-518-36629-7
  • Materials on Hermann Hesse's “Siddhartha” , Vol. 2: Texts about Siddhartha (reception). Suhrkamp Taschenbuch 282, Frankfurt am Main 1987, ISBN 3-518-36782-X
  • Materials for Hermann Hesse's “ Das Glasperlenspiel ” , vol. 1. (history of development in personal testimonies). Frankfurt am Main 1973, ISBN 3-518-36580-0
  • Materials for Hermann Hesse's “Das Glasperlenspiel” , vol. 2. (History of impact). Frankfurt am Main 1974, ISBN 3-518-36608-4
  • Materials on Hermann Hesse's “ Demian ” , vol. 1. (history of origin). Frankfurt am Main 1993, ISBN 3-518-38447-3
  • Materials on Hermann Hesse's "Demian" , Vol. 2. (History of impact). Frankfurt am Main 1997, ISBN 3-518-39020-1
  • Materials on Hermann Hesse's “ Unterm Rad ” , Frankfurt am Main 2008, ISBN 978-3-518-45883-9
  • Hermann Hesse - Thomas Mann . Correspondence (together with Anni Carlsson). Frankfurt am Main 1999 (3rd edition), ISBN 3-518-41038-5
  • Hermann Hesse, “Dear Heart!” Correspondence with his second wife Ruth (together with Ursula Michels). Frankfurt am Main 2005, ISBN 3-518-41725-8
  • Hermann Hesse and Stefan Zweig. Correspondence . Suhrkamp (BS 1407), Frankfurt am Main 2006, ISBN 3-518-22407-7 .
  • Outside of the day and the dizziness. Hermann Hesse - Alfred Kubin . Correspondence 1928–1952 . Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 2008, ISBN 978-3-518-41941-0
  • Dear great magician. Hermann Hesse - Peter Weiss . Correspondence (together with Beat Mazenauer). Frankfurt am Main 2009, ISBN 978-3-518-42036-2
  • Hermann Hesse as a painter . Frankfurt am Main 2002, ISBN 3-518-41327-9
  • Hermann Hesse. Playing with colors. The poet as a painter. Frankfurt am Main 2005, ISBN 3-518-41730-4
  • Hermann Hesse. On the value of old age. With photographs of the poet by Martin Hesse . Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 2010, ISBN 978-3-518-41945-8
  • Hermann Hesse. Italy. Frankfurt am Main 1983, ISBN 3-518-37189-4
  • Hermann Hesse. Ticino. Reflections, poems, watercolors. Frankfurt am Main 1990, ISBN 3-518-40297-8
  • Hermann Hesse. View to the Far East. Frankfurt am Main 2002, ISBN 3-518-41337-6
  • Hermann Hesse. Years on Lake Constance, Frankfurt am Main 2010, ISBN 978-3-458-17487-5
  • Hermann Hesse. Reading for Minutes , Frankfurt am Main 1977, ISBN 3-518-03194-5
  • The Montagnola poet is a world power . Gutach 2009. ISBN 978-3-933765-44-4

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personal data
SURNAME Michels, Volker
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German publisher
DATE OF BIRTH February 25, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Villingen