Wilhelm Ruprecht Frieling

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Wilhelm Ruprecht Frieling (2010)
Ruprecht Frieling aka Prince Rupi (2020)

Wilhelm Ruprecht Frieling (born May 29, 1952 in Bielefeld ) is a German non-fiction author, publisher and producer. He became known with the company Frieling-Verlag Berlin as a publication service provider for self -publishing authors . He lives in Berlin-Südende and also writes under the pseudonym Prince Rupi .

Life

Frieling grew up in Oelde . At the beginning of 1969 he moved to West Berlin , where he worked as a journalist after training as a photographer and editor. He published in German and US magazines such as Börsenblatt des Deutschen Buchhandels, Westermanns Monatshefte , Memo, Der Feinschmecker , The New Yorker and others. a.

On February 1, 1983, he founded the advertising and publishing company Frieling & Partner GmbH , which he operated until December 16, 2002. He developed the company under the slogan "Verlag sucht Authors" into one of the most famous German cost publishers and published more than ten thousand texts by new authors in compilations and yearbooks. Three thousand other works appeared in individual books. Journalist Henryk M. Broder rated his program in Spiegel magazine as “the weirdest, most original and most individual publishing program far and wide”.

Since January 1, 2006, Frieling has been running the open online forum Literaturzeitschrift.de and the Internet book publisher.

Frieling produces u. a. the actor and voice morph Stefan Kaminski . For the production of the Ring des Nibelungen with Kaminski ON AIR on DVD, he received the German Record Critics' Prize in May 2013 .

Frieling is one of the co-founders of the Selfpublisher-Verband eV and has been the deputy chairman since it was founded.

Works

  • Swap cement for Hemingway . Brief history of literature in the GDR. Munich, 1982
  • Rock City Berlin . The current handbook of the Berlin music scene. Berlin, 1983
  • Berlin for the disabled . City-guide. Berlin, 1983
  • VIF restaurant guide GDR . Hotels, restaurants, bars, cafes. Hamburg, 1983
  • The Freemasons . Ostracized - admired. Bergisch Gladbach, 1984
  • Berlin occult . The world's first esoteric city guide. Berlin, 1985
  • German villages rediscovered . Hidden romance away from the streets. Stuttgart, 1985
  • Good advice from A to Z . The practical lexicon for all cases. Stuttgart, 1987
  • Author seeks publisher . The direct route to your own book. Berlin, 1987
  • Rivers and lakes in Germany . The great ADAC travel and leisure guide. Munich, 1988
  • Dictionary of the publishing language . The current guide through the technical jargon of publishers, editors and printers. Berlin, 1989
  • How do I write my memories? . Writing memoirs - the right way! Berlin, 1991
  • How do I offer a manuscript? . More success in dealing with publishers. Berlin, 1993
  • About the art of writing . How authors make better use of unconscious powers. Berlin, 1994
  • Golden words for everyone who writes . Winged words from the world of books. Berlin, 1994
  • Ly-La-Lyrik , Anthology , Edition 1999, Berlin, 558 pp., ISBN 3-8280-0882-8
  • Publishing house is looking for authors . The dream of your own book comes true. Berlin, 1998
  • Martians on malls . Reports and stories from Mallorca . Palma 2007, ISBN 978-3-941286-30-6
  • Manic lullabies . Surreal and absurd poems . Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-941286-20-7
  • Attack of the killer cookies . Reports and stories. Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-941286-10-8
  • Twitter can give a lot of joy / just have to send lusty tweets . Small book of verses for twitterers. Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3941286-15-3
  • Uncle Wumba from Kalumba . A millionaire at the click of a mouse. Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-941286-40-5
  • The book prince . How I became a publisher. A life story. Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-941286-50-4
  • The captain of Koepenick. The true story of Wilhelm Voigt . With the original judgment of the Berlin regional court. Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-941286-62-7
  • How the Teutons invented the thong . Historical reports. Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-941286-72-6
  • Killers, farters, neuters . Reports on unusual fates. Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-941286-69-6
  • In the footsteps of the mafia . Travel reports. Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-941286-71-9
  • When black pigs dream . A children's book about the black pigs of Mallorca. Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-941286-60-3
  • The Ring of the Nibelung (1): The Rhine gold . Opera thriller with original libretto. Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-941286-67-2
  • The Ring of the Nibelung (2): The Valkyrie . Opera thriller with original libretto. Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-941286-78-8
  • The Ring of the Nibelung (3): Siegfried . Opera thriller with original libretto. Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-941286-79-5
  • The Ring of the Nibelung (4): Götterdämmerung . Opera thriller with original libretto. Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-941286-80-1
  • Kindle for authors or: How do I publish an e-book on amazon.de? . A do-it-yourself guide for writers. Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-941286-70-2
  • Author seeks publisher - the digital alternative . A guide for authors. Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-941286-73-3
  • A thousand tits dance the tango . Texts from the depths of the internet. Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-941286-74-0
  • How to Successfully Sell E-Books . Exclusive interviews with top authors. Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-941286-75-7
  • How authors can actively use their unconscious powers . A motivational guide. Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-941286-77-1
  • The Ring of the Nibelung . An opera seducer. Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-941286-51-1
  • The robot Archimedes and the gang of rascals . A story for children aged six and over. Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-941286-83-2
  • Archimedes the robot and the cannon king . A story for children aged six and over. Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-941286-84-9
  • End of the world . The expressionist poems of Jakob van Hoddis. Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-941286-00-9
  • Have sun in my heart… . The most beautiful poems by Caesar Flaischlen including a life sketch. Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-941286-32-0
  • Swap cement for Hemingway . Reports on the literary history of the GDR. Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-941286-12-2
Translated from French
  • Jean Ferrard : Le plus impressionnant dans l'orgue est son silence… . The most impressive thing about the organ is its silence ... Brussels 1999

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Henryk M. Broder: The bookmaker. In: Spiegel Extra - Das Kultur-Magazin , No. 1/1996
  2. ↑ Homepage of Literaturzeitschrift.de ( Memento of the original from September 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.literaturzeitschrift.de
  3. ↑ Homepage of Internet-Buchverlag.de
  4. ↑ The Board of Directors - elected on December 18, 2017 , online at selfpublisher-verband.de
personal data
SURNAME Frieling, Wilhelm Ruprecht
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German non-fiction author and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH May 29, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Bielefeld