Blumenbar

Blumenbar was an independent book publisher, in 2002 from the culture editor Wolfgang Farkas (1967 ) and the publishing manager Lars Birken-Bertsch (* 1968) was founded in Munich in September 2009 and had its headquarters in Berlin. Since March 2012 Blumenbar will be continued as an imprint in the Berlin building -Verlag.

History

Came out Blumenbar from the eponymous literary salon, the two founders held in her apartment in the flower street in Munich and in different places since 1997. Decisive for the publishing establishment was the formation of Blumenbar clubs, a literary and cultural interests community. In the course of Blumenbar became one of the most famous and influential labels of the recent publishing scene. As of 2006, the publishing house was operated as a limited partnership. In 2008, a venture capitalists bought a. Blumenbar belonged to the group of independent publishers. The program with a focus on German language and international contemporary literature was for a crossover of literature, art, pop culture, club culture and socio-political issues.

In early 2012 the Blumenbar brand was sold to the construction publishing group. The editorial responsibility for the repositioned Blumenbar publisher took over until he retired construction - manager René Strien.

Authors of the publisher

The German-speaking author pool of the original publisher belonged Matthias Hirth, FX Karl, Olaf Kraemer, Tom Kummer, Hans -Peter Kunisch, Peter Licht, Thomas Palzer, Jasmin Ramadan, Walter Rufer, Alexander Schimmel Busch, Carmen Stephan, Alexander Wallasch, Raul Zelik, Anne Zielke. The international authors are Sebastian Horsley, Paul Beatty, Leonard Cohen, Erin Cosgrove, Tracey Emin, Matias Faldbakken, Leena Krohn, Alban Lefranc, Paulo Lins, Richard Milward, Murathan Mungan, Tony Parsons, Joseba Sarrionandía, Hunter S. Thompson.

Activities

In addition to the publication of books organized Blumenbar events and temporary bars. Stations included the Old Congress Hall in Munich, the Munich Kunstverein in the courtyard and the New House of the Munich Studio Theater.

Initiated in 2009 Blumenbar the Hotlist, the annually awarded book prize of the independent publishers.

Awards

• 2003 Book Market Gold Award
• 2006 recording of all previous titles in the Graphic Collection of the Pinakothek der Moderne
• 2006 longlist nomination for the German Book Prize for her novel " Berlin standards ," by Raul Zelik
• 2007 3sat Prize and Audience Prize at the Ingeborg Bachmann Competition for PeterLicht