Arovell Verlag is an Austrian publishing house for contemporary

literature Literature is any collection of Writing, written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially novels, Play (theatre), plays, and poetry, poems. It includes both print and Electroni ...

. It has been founded in 1991 by the Austrian writer, artist and musician Paul Jaeg. Today, Jaeg is still the directing proprietor, while Thomas Gamsjäger is CEO. Each year, Arovell publishes between ten and twenty new books. Some authors, such as Peter Paul Wiplinger, have already several books with Arovell, but others use the publishing house as a platform to publish their first book(s). Arovell publishes contemporary literature in the German language. They focus on short

prose Prose is language that follows the natural flow or rhythm of speech, ordinary grammatical structures, or, in writing, typical conventions and formatting. Thus, prose ranges from informal speaking to formal academic writing. Prose differs most n ...

, stories and

poetry Poetry (from the Greek language, Greek word ''poiesis'', "making") is a form of literature, literary art that uses aesthetics, aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meaning (linguistics), meanings in addition to, or in ...

. The covers of all books edited by Arovell show a painting respectively a section from a painting by Paul Jaeg. In addition, Arovell publishes a magazine about

music Music is the arrangement of sound to create some combination of Musical form, form, harmony, melody, rhythm, or otherwise Musical expression, expressive content. Music is generally agreed to be a cultural universal that is present in all hum ...

and

art Art is a diverse range of cultural activity centered around ''works'' utilizing creative or imaginative talents, which are expected to evoke a worthwhile experience, generally through an expression of emotional power, conceptual ideas, tec ...

, which contains information about new books and public events. The magazine also presents short texts from the books edited by Arovell. The publisher organizes literary, musical and artistic events especially in

Upper Austria Upper Austria ( ; ; ) is one of the nine States of Austria, states of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, and Salzburg (state), Salzbur ...

and

Salzburg Salzburg is the List of cities and towns in Austria, fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020 its population was 156,852. The city lies on the Salzach, Salzach River, near the border with Germany and at the foot of the Austrian Alps, Alps moun ...

, to a lesser extent also in

Vienna Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...

. Arovell's headquarters lies in Gosau in Upper Austria and has subsidiaries in Vienna and Salzburg.

Published authors (extract)

Hans Dieter Aigner Hans Dieter Aigner (born 1958 in Linz) is an Austrian artist and writer. Biography Hans Dieter Aigner studied at the Academy of Pedagogy. Since 1985, he is working as an artist and participates at exhibitions. In 1991 he started writing. In 19 ...

Peter Assmann Peter Assmann (born 28 August 1963 in Zams) is an Austrian art historian, curator, writer, and visual artist. Early life and education Peter Assmann was born on 28 August 1963, in Zams, Austria. Assmann studied art history, history and German ...

* :de:Reinhold Aumaier * Klaus Ebner * Karin Gayer * Constantin Göttfert * Fritz Huber * Paul Jaeg * :de:Christoph Janacs * :de:Günther Kaip * :de:Wolfgang Kauer * de:Hermann Knapp *

Dorothea Macheiner Dorothea Macheiner (b. 21 March 1943 as ''Dorothea Hummelbrunner'' in Linz) is an Austrian writer. Life Dorothea Macheiner grew up in Steinbach am Attersee. She studied theology and German philology. Several travels led her to the Mediterranean, ...

* :de:Dirk Ofner * :de:Wolfgang Pollanz * :de:Fritz Popp * :de:Herbert Reiter * :de:Christine Roiter * :de:Leopold Spoliti * :de:Nikolai Vogel * :de:Wolfgang Wenger * Christine Werner * Peter Paul Wiplinger

External links

Website of Arovell publishing house

Information at the center for German Philology ''Germanistik im Netz''
{{Authority control Book publishing companies of Austria