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75 people. 75 exciting stories.

Discover 75 different stories about Frankfurter Buchmesse

Publishers celebrating their 75th fair

Salman Rushdie

Bertelsmann Verlag: Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie has been linked to C. Bertelsmann Verlag for many years and talks in an interview about the Frankfurter Buchmesse as a place of democratic exchange.

Felicitas von Lovenberg Piper Verlag

Piper Verlag: Felicitas von Lovenberg

Piper Verlag has been an exhibitor at Frankfurter Buchmesse since 1949. Felicitas von Lovenberg has been publisher there since 2016 and talks in an interview about personal memories and the challenges the Frankfurter Buuchmesse will have to face in the future.

Schnell-Steiner-Verlag-1962

Verlag Schnell & Steiner: Albrecht Weiland (sen.) and Felix Weiland (jun.)

At Frankfurter Buchmesse 2023, the family-run publishing house Schnell & Steiner will be exhibiting for the 75th time in a row. To mark the occasion, we spoke to two generations of the family business. Albrecht Weiland (senior) and Felix Weiland (junior) told us, among other things, what their Fair emergency box contains, which encounters in Frankfurt were particularly formative for them and what Frankfurter Buchmesse means for the publishing house.

Reclam stand at Frankfurter Buchmesse 1968

Reclam Verlag: A joint retrospective

With its programme, Reclam Verlag stands for important works of world literature alongside German-language classics. For the 75th time, the publishing house will be an exhibitor at Frankfurter Buchmesse this year. The Reclam team looks into the archives and reflects together on what still makes Frankfurter Buchmesse special today.

MVB stand at Frankfurter Buchmesse 2017

MVB - We make books visible: The MVB GmbH team

75 years of Frankfurter Buchmesse. And MVB has been part of it for 75 years. To mark its 75th Buchmesse in Frankfurt, the company's team reminisced and looked to the future.

Frau mit Büchern

Kosmos Verlag: Birgitta Barlet, Publishing Director for the Book Division

"From railway carriages to crime cabinets to visits by the chancellor - the history of KOSMOS at Frankfurter Buchmesse is a long and very exciting one", Birgitta Barlet in the video about the joint history of the Frankfurter Buchmesse and KOSMOS Verlag.

Autor Ian Kershaw

Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt (DVA): Ian Kershaw

Author Ian Kershaw, associated with the DVA for many years, talks in our interview about the influence of Frankfurter Buchmesse on political and social events and the role of the book medium in an ever-changing society.

Hanser stand at Frankfurter Buchmesse 1958

Hanser Verlag: Jo Lendle

Hanser Verlag will be exhibiting at Frankfurter Buchmesse for the 75th time this year. The publishing house has not missed a fair since 1949. Marcus Meyer from Buchjournal spoke to publisher Jo Lendle about his view of the world's biggest book fair to mark the occasion.

International book industry

Juergen Boos

Juergen Boos, Director of Frankfurter Buchmesse

Lina Atfah

Lina Atfah, author

Karine Pansa

Karine Pansa, President of International Publishers Association (IPA), Editorial Director of Girassol Edições

Iban Carrere

Iban Carrere, Bookseller from Bordeaux, Frankfurter Buchmesse employee

Alex Hippisley-Cox

Alex Hippisley-Cox, Freelance publicist

Porter Anderson

Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief, Publishing Perspectives

Katja Stergar

Katja Stergar, Director of the Slovenian Book Agency (JAK), responsible for Slovenia's Guest of Honour appearance at Frankfurter Buchmesse 2023

Colleen Higgs

Colleen Higgs, writer, founder and publisher of Modjaji Books, South Africa

Gustavo Faraon

Gustavo Faraon, Publisher at Dublinense, Brasilien

Erin L. Cox

Erin L. Cox, Publicist

National book industry

Florian Valerius

Florian Valerius, Bookseller at the traditional bookshop Gegenlicht in Trier, book blogger, member of the jury for the German Book Prize 2023

Martin Schult

Martin Schult, Peace Prize of the German Book Trade

Christiane Munsberg

Christiane Munsberg, Former cultural officer, Bertelsmann AG

Tijan Sila

Tijan Sila, Writer

Michel Friedman

Michel Friedman, Lawyer, publicist and philosopher, Frankfurt am Main

Moni Port

Moni Port, Illustrator, graphic designer and author

Shantel

Shantel, musician and producer

Karin Schmidt-Friderichs

Karin Schmidt-Friderichs, Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels

Peter Kraus vom Cleff

Peter Kraus vom Cleff, Chief Executive of the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels (German Publishers and Booksellers Association)

Maria-Lucia-Kloecker

Maria Lucia Klöcker, Weltenleser bookshop, Frankfurt am Main

Nina George © Helmut Henkensiefken

Nina George, Writer, Honorary President of the European Writers' Council

Nicole Witt

Nicole Witt, literary agent

Philip Waechter

Philip Waechter, Illustrator

 Michaela Dudley

Michaela Dudley, Cabaret artist, film actress, book author, lawyer (J.D.)

Denis Scheck

Denis Scheck, Literary critic, translator and journalist

Roman Pliske

Roman Pliske, Publisher, Mitteldeutscher Verlag

Heike Borufka

Heike Borufka and Basti Red, Podcast „Verurteilt!“

Monika Kempf

Monika Kempf, Literary agent

Portrait of Otto Waalkes

Otto Waalkes, Comedian, comic artist, painter, musician, actor, director, dubbing artist, screenwriter

Susanne Preußler-Bitsch

Susanne Preußler-Bitsch, Cultural scientist, historian, daughter of Otfried Preußler

Kathrin Grün

Kathrin Grün, Head of Communication, Museum Reinhard Ernst, Wiesbaden

Sabine Baumann

Sabine Baumann, Schöffling Verlag

Lea Kaib

Lea Kaib, Buchbloggerin

Barbara Neeb

Barbara Neeb, translator

Arne Rautenberg

Arne Rautenberg, Writer

Walter Vennen

Walter Vennen, Co-Owner of the bookshop Schmetz am Dom in Aachen

Lesende Menschen in einem Buchladen

Land in Sicht, bookshop collective, Frankfurt

Übersetzer

Annette Kopetzki and Ingo Herzke, Translators

Sebastian Fitzek

Sebastian Fitzek, writer

Oliver Vogel

Oliver Vogel, Publisher, S. Fischer

City of Frankfurt

Sonja Vandenrath

Sonja Vandenrath, Head of the Department of Literature of the City of Frankfurt am Main

Ina Hartwig

Ina Hartwig, City Councilor of the City of Frankfurt

Stephanie Wüst

Stephanie Wüst, Head of the Economic Department of the City of Frankfurt

Petra Roth

Petra Roth, Former Mayor of Frankfurt am Main

Simon Horn

Simon Horn, Margarete Restaurant

Peter Wirth

Peter Wirth, tram driver, „Bahnbabo“

Sebastian Knust

Sebastian Knust, Frankfurter Hof

International partners

Melissa Fleming

Melissa Fleming, Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications, United Nations

Volker Türk

Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

National partners

Meron Mendel

Meron Mendel, Publicist, historian, educator. Director of the Anne Frank Educational Centre, Frankfurt am Main

Eduard M. Singer

Eduard M. Singer, Head of the Marketing Department of the City of Frankfurt am Main

Hauke Hückstädt

Hauke Hückstädt, Director of the Literaturhaus Frankfurt

Ellen Harrington, Direktorin des Deutschen Filminstituts & Filmmuseums in Frankfurt

Director of Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum in Frankfurt

Beate Zekorn-von Bebenburg

Beate Zekorn-von Bebenburg, Director of the Struwwelpeter Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Bärbel Schäfer

Bärbel Schäfer, Journalist and author

Hessischer Rundfunk

ARD Radiokulturnacht der Bücher

Juergen Boos, Emmanuel Macron, Angela Merkel und Heinrich Riethmüller bei der Eröffnungsfeier 2017

Messe Frankfurt security service

Till-schneider-Kai-Otto

Kai Otto und Till Schneider, Architects

Frank Scholze

Frank Scholze, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

FBM Community

Hannah Sophie Schmitt

Hannah Sophie Schmitt, Visitor

Kathrin-Christa Reitz

Kathrin-Christa Reitz, Kathrin-Christa Reitz

Ana Marinho

Ana Marinho, Visitor

Katharina Robitzkat

Katharina Robitzkat, Visitor

Christiane Busch

Christiane Busch, Book blogger

Carmen Martinez von Bülow

Carmen Martinez von Bülow, Author

Katrin Deike

Katrin Deike, Visitor

Sabrina Krengel

Sabrina Krengel, Visitor

Supported by the Department of Economics, Law and City Marketing of the City of Frankfurt am Main

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