Wilhelm Olbrich (publisher)

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Wilhelm Olbrich (born May 24, 1894 in Munich , † April 16, 1974 in Bad Kissingen ) was a German publisher and book scholar .

Life

Wilhelm Olbrich was born in Munich on May 24, 1894. At the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich (LMU) he began to study philosophy, German, Romance studies and history, which was interrupted by his participation in the First World War. Olbrich served as a sergeant in the 10th Royal Bavarian Field Artillery Regiment and was awarded the Iron Cross, 2nd class. After the war he resumed his studies at the LMU and received his doctorate in 1921 with the dissertation The Admission of Gottfried Keller in Germany . In the same year, Olbrich joined the Leipzig- based publishing house owned by Karl Wilhelm Hiersemann , of which he took over in 1925.

In 1932, Olbrich published an introduction to publishing , which was followed by two additional editions and, together with Joachim Kirchner and Karl Löffler , he published the three-volume lexicon of the entire book industry from 1935 to 1937 .

After the Second World War and the expropriation and liquidation of the Leipziger Verlag, Olbrich rebuilt the Anton Hiersemann Verlag in Stuttgart from 1949 . In 1950 he founded the series Der Romanführer .

Wilhelm Olbrich died on April 16, 1974 in Bad Kissingen.

Publications

  • The inclusion of Gottfried Keller in Germany , dissertation, Munich, 1922.
  • Introduction to Publishing , 1932. 2nd edition. 1943; last: 3rd edition, Hiersemann, Stuttgart 1955.
  • 100 years of Hiersemann (1884–1984) , posthumously, Hiersemann, Stuttgart, 1984. Afterword by Gerd Hiersemann.

As editor

  • Lexicons of the entire book industry , 3 volumes, 1935–37. Add. with Joachim Kirchner and Karl Löffler .
  • The novelist . Vol. I-II. The content of German novels and short stories from the Baroque to Naturalism , Stuttgart 1950, 1951.
  • The novelist . Volumes 3–13 together with Johannes Beer , Hiersemann, 1952–1971.
    • Volumes 3–5: The content of contemporary German novels and short stories .
    • Volume 6: The content of the French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese novels from the beginnings to the beginning of the 20th century .
    • Volume 7: The Contents of the English, North American, Flemish and Dutch Novels up to the beginning of the 20th century .
    • Volume 8: The content of the Nordic, Slavic, Hungarian and Romanian novels up to the beginning of the 20th century .
    • Volume 9: The content of French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese novels and short stories of the present .
    • Volume 10: The content of the English, Flemish and Dutch novels and short stories of the present .
    • Volume 11: The content of contemporary North American novels and short stories .
    • Volume 12: The content of the Nordic, Russian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian and Southeast European novels and short stories of the present .
    • Volume 13: Contents of the German novels and short stories 1954–1963 together with supplements to volumes 1–5 and the register of German authors .

literature

  • Great Bavarian Biographical Encyclopedia. Edited by Hans-Michael Körner with the assistance of v. Bruno Jahn. Volume 2 H - OKG Saur, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-598-11460-5 , p. 1431.
  • Headcount of the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, summer half year 1919, Munich 1919.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rolf Selbmann: Explanations and documents on: Gottfried Keller: Clothes make people , Reclam, Stuttgart, 2004, ISBN 978-3-15-008165-5 , p. 114.
personal data
SURNAME Olbrich, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German publisher and book scholar
DATE OF BIRTH May 24, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH April 16, 1974
Place of death Bad Kissingen