Elmar Faber
Elmar Faber (1 April 1934 – 3 December 2017) was a German book publisher.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Faber was born in Deesbach, Thuringia. He studied German studies at Leipzig University from 1954 to 1959, before becoming a lecturer at the Bibliographisches Institut, and he also worked as a publishing assistant at the latter. He served as head of the now defunct publisher Edition Leipzig from 1975 to 1983. He was later head of Aufbau-Verlag from 1983 to 1992, at a time when it was one of the largest publishing house in East Germany. In 1990, he co-founded the originally Berlin-based publisher Faber & Faber with his son Michael Faber.[1] It was relocated to Leipzig in 1995.[1] He was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 2007.[2]
Faber's autobiography, Verloren im Paradies. Ein Verlegerleben, was published in 2014.[3]
Faber died on 3 December 2017 in Leipzig, at the age of 83.[1][4]
References
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External links
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- Elmar Faber at Perlentaucher.de (in German)
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- 1934 births
- 2017 deaths
- People from Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
- Socialist Unity Party of Germany members
- Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany) politicians
- German autobiographers
- German book publishers (people)
- 20th-century German publishers (people)
- Leipzig University alumni
- Grand Crosses 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- German business biography stubs