Steidl

The Steidl Verlag is one of the few owner- publishers in Germany, which consist independent company. The program focuses on international photographers as well as on the Fiction. One of the most famous authors Günter Grass. The publisher is headed by Gerhard Steidl.

History

Steidl worked after school in Göttingen since 1967 as a printer and designer. Before long, he founded his own publishing house. Influenced by Andy Warhol and Joseph Beuys, he began in 1970 working with Klaus Staeck whose billboards and posters were published by Steidl. In 1972, with survey documentation for the first book by Steidl Verlag. In 1974, political non-fiction books were added in the early 1980s Fiction, 1989, the first paperback. When Günter Grass, the 1999 Nobel Prize for Literature, his former publisher Luchterhand In 1993, under protest, he found a new home by Steidl Verlag. 80th birthday of Günter Grass was the Steidl Verlag out a twelve -volume work output. Gerhard Steidl said it was very important to him because these bring out the lifetime of the author.

At current literature Steidl laid beside Günter Grass authors such as Erich Loest, John McGahern, AL Kennedy, the Nobel laureate Halldór Laxness and publicists like Oskar Negt and Hans Leyendecker. As of 1996, Steidl also specialized in photography. He transferred the works by internationally renowned photographers such as Robert Frank, Joel Sternfeld, Richard Serra, Bruce Davidson, Arnold Odermatt, Edward Ruscha, Susan Meisalas, Karl Lagerfeld, Saul Leiter, Lou Reed and many others.

Film

• How to Make a Book with Steidl. Documentary, Germany, 2010, 88 minutes Written and directed by Jörg Adolph and Gereon Wetzel, Production: 3sat, Original Air Date: November 4, 2010, Summary.