Gottfried Bermann, later Gottfried Bermann Fischer (31 July 1897,
Gleiwitz
Gliwice (; german: Gleiwitz) is a city in Upper Silesia, in southern Poland. The city is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Kłodnica river (a tributary of the Oder River, Oder). It lies approximately 25 km west from Katowice, the re ...
,
Silesia – 17 September 1995,
Camaiore), was a German
publisher. He owned the
S. Fischer Verlag
S. Fischer Verlag is a major German publishing house, which has operated as a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Group since 1962. The publishing house was founded in 1881 by Samuel Fischer in Berlin, but is currently based in Frankfurt am Mai ...
.
Biography
After serving as an officer in
World War I, Bermann Fischer studied medicine at the universities of Breslau, Freiburg and Munich. In 1924 he met the daughter of the publisher
Samuel Fischer
Samuel Fischer, later Samuel von Fischer (24 December 1859 – 15 October 1934), was a Hungarian-born German publisher, the founder of S. Fischer Verlag. Fischer was born in Liptau-Sankt-Nikolaus/Liptószentmiklós (now Liptovský Mikuláš), ...
, Brigitte, and married her in February 1926.
In 1936 Fischer moved from Berlin to Vienna, and thereafter to Stockholm and to the United States.
In 1942 in New York he formed the imprint of L.B. Fischer, together with
Fritz Landshoff
Fritz originated as a German nickname for Friedrich, or Frederick (''Der Alte Fritz'', and ''Stary Fryc'' were common nicknames for King Frederick II of Prussia and Frederick III, German Emperor) as well as for similar names including Fridolin a ...
.
Literary works
* ''Wanderer durch ein Jahrhundert''. Fischer (Tb.), Frankfurt 1994,
* ''Bedroht, bewahrt''. Fischer (S.), Frankfurt 1981,
* ''Briefwechsel mit Autoren''. Fischer (S.), Frankfurt 2001,
* ''Lebendige Gegenwart''. ²1987,
* ''Briefwechsel''.
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* ''Briefwechsel 1932 - 1955''. [with Thomas Mann], Fischer (Tb.), Frankfurt 1975,
* ''Neue Rundschau, Die neue Rundschau vom 6. Juni 1945''. Faksimileausgabe, S. Fischer, Frankfurt 2001, (Hg.)
References
External links
*
Nachlass im Marbacher Literaturarchiv
1897 births
1995 deaths
People from the Province of Silesia
People from Gliwice
German publishers (people)
Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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