Peter Suhrkamp
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Peter Suhrkamp was a German publisher and founder of the Suhrkamp Verlag
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From 1921 to 1925 Suhrkamp worked as dramatic adviser and director at the State Theatre in Darmstadt (Landestheater Darmstadt). In 1932 he joint the S. Fischer Verlag
. In 1936 he bought the part of the S. Fischer Verlag, which could not be transferred by Gottfried Bermann Fischer into exile. Peter Suhrkamp led the publishing house till April 1944, when he was arrested by the Gestapo.
After the German surrender, Suhrkamp received on 8 October 1945 the first publishing license from the British Military Government in Berlin and began the rebuilding of the company. He cooperated with Bermann Fischer. 1950 a rift between Suhrkamp and Bermann Fischer led to the creation of Suhrkamp Verlag and the reestablishment of the S. Fischer Verlag in Frankfurt am Main.
Suhrkamp Verlag
Suhrkamp Verlag is a German publishing house, established in 1950 and generally acknowledged as one of the leading European publishers of fine literature.In January 2010 the headquarters of the company moved from Frankfurt to Berlin.-Early history:...
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From 1921 to 1925 Suhrkamp worked as dramatic adviser and director at the State Theatre in Darmstadt (Landestheater Darmstadt). In 1932 he joint the S. Fischer Verlag
S. Fischer Verlag
The German publishing house S. Fischer Verlag was founded in 1886 by Samuel Fischer in Berlin and is a leading German address for literary publications and fiction.Originally, it was renowned for naturalism literature...
. In 1936 he bought the part of the S. Fischer Verlag, which could not be transferred by Gottfried Bermann Fischer into exile. Peter Suhrkamp led the publishing house till April 1944, when he was arrested by the Gestapo.
After the German surrender, Suhrkamp received on 8 October 1945 the first publishing license from the British Military Government in Berlin and began the rebuilding of the company. He cooperated with Bermann Fischer. 1950 a rift between Suhrkamp and Bermann Fischer led to the creation of Suhrkamp Verlag and the reestablishment of the S. Fischer Verlag in Frankfurt am Main.