Gottfried Bermann, later Gottfried Bermann Fischer (31 July 1897,

Gleiwitz Gliwice (; german: Gleiwitz) is a city in Upper Silesia, in southern Poland. The city is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Kłodnica river (a tributary of the Oder). It lies approximately 25 km west from Katowice, the regional cap ...

Silesia Silesia (, also , ) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic and Germany. Its area is approximately , and the population is estimated at around 8,000,000. Silesia is spli ...

– 17 September 1995, Camaiore), was a German

publisher Publishing is the activity of making information, literature, music, software and other content available to the public for sale or for free. Traditionally, the term refers to the creation and distribution of printed works, such as books, newsp ...

. He owned the

S. Fischer Verlag S. Fischer Verlag is a major German publishing house, which has operated as a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Group since 1962. The publishing house was founded in 1881 by Samuel Fischer in Berlin, but is currently based in Frankfurt am Mai ...

Biography

After serving as an officer in

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...

, Bermann Fischer studied medicine at the universities of Breslau, Freiburg and Munich. In 1924 he met the daughter of the publisher Samuel Fischer, Brigitte, and married her in February 1926. In 1936 Fischer moved from Berlin to Vienna, and thereafter to Stockholm and to the United States. In 1942 in New York he formed the imprint of L.B. Fischer, together with

Fritz Landshoff Fritz originated as a German nickname for Friedrich, or Frederick (''Der Alte Fritz'', and ''Stary Fryc'' were common nicknames for King Frederick II of Prussia and Frederick III, German Emperor) as well as for similar names including Fridolin a ...

Literary works

* ''Wanderer durch ein Jahrhundert''. Fischer (Tb.), Frankfurt 1994, * ''Bedroht, bewahrt''. Fischer (S.), Frankfurt 1981, * ''Briefwechsel mit Autoren''. Fischer (S.), Frankfurt 2001, * ''Lebendige Gegenwart''. ²1987, * ''Briefwechsel''. ith Carl Zuckmayer">Carl_Zuckmayer.html" ;"title="ith Carl Zuckmayer">ith Carl Zuckmayer Wallstein 2004, * ''Briefwechsel 1932 - 1955''. [with Thomas Mann], Fischer (Tb.), Frankfurt 1975, * ''Neue Rundschau, Die neue Rundschau vom 6. Juni 1945''. Faksimileausgabe, S. Fischer, Frankfurt 2001, (Hg.)

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1897 births 1995 deaths People from the Province of Silesia People from Gliwice German publishers (people) Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany {{Germany-publisher-stub