Wolfram Setz (born 7 July 1941) is a German

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, editor, translator and

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Life

Born in

Stralsund Stralsund (; Swedish: ''Strålsund''), officially the Hanseatic City of Stralsund ( German: ''Hansestadt Stralsund''), is the fifth-largest city in the northeastern German federal state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania after Rostock, Schwerin, ...

, Setz studied at the universities of

University of Cologne The University of Cologne (german: Universität zu Köln) is a university in Cologne, Germany. It was established in the year 1388 and is one of the most prestigious and research intensive universities in Germany. It was the sixth university to ...

and

University of Tübingen The University of Tübingen, officially the Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen (german: Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen; la, Universitas Eberhardina Carolina), is a public research university located in the city of Tübingen, Baden-W� ...

, completing his Ph.D. in 1975 with a dissertation on

Lorenzo Valla Lorenzo Valla (; also Latinized as Laurentius; 14071 August 1457) was an Italian Renaissance humanist, rhetorician, educator, scholar, and Catholic priest. He is best known for his historical-critical textual analysis that proved that the '' ...

's exposure of the

Donation of Constantine The ''Donation of Constantine'' ( ) is a forged Roman imperial decree by which the 4th-century emperor Constantine the Great supposedly transferred authority over Rome and the western part of the Roman Empire to the Pope. Composed probably i ...

as a hoax. Setz was subsequently employed as an editor at

Monumenta Germaniae Historica The ''Monumenta Germaniae Historica'' (''MGH'') is a comprehensive series of carefully edited and published primary sources, both chronicle and archival, for the study of Northwestern and Central European history from the end of the Roman Empir ...

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...

. Following retirement in 2004, he relocated to

Hamburg Hamburg (, ; nds, label=Hamburg German, Low Saxon, Hamborg ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (german: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg; nds, label=Low Saxon, Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg),. is the List of cities in Germany by popul ...

. Setz is editor of the "Bibliothek rosa Winkel", a series of over 70 volumes of gay literary reprints, cultural studies, and historical works that was launched in 1991, published initially by Verlag rosa Winkel and since 2001 by Männerschwarm Verlag. Several of Setz's publications have contributed to the rediscovery of the

LGBT ' is an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. In use since the 1990s, the initialism, as well as some of its common variants, functions as an umbrella term for sexuality and gender identity. The LGBT term i ...

rights pioneer

Karl Heinrich Ulrichs Karl Heinrich Ulrichs (28 August 1825 – 14 July 1895) was a German lawyer, jurist, journalist, and writer who is regarded today as a pioneer of sexology and the modern gay rights movement. Ulrichs has been described as the "first gay man in w ...

(1825–1895). Setz was editor of the book series "Homosexualität und Literatur" published by Verlag rosa Winkel (12 volumes, 1981-1999) and a coeditor of the scholarly journal ''Forum Homosexualität und Literatur'' (1987-2007). In 1986 he was a founding member of the German LGBT organization ''Bundesverband Homosexualität'' and served for several years as a board member until the organization was dissolved in 1997.

German publications (selected)

* ''

s Schrift gegen die Konstantinische Schenkung. Zur Interpretation und Wirkungsgeschichte''. Tübingen: Niemeyer, 1975. * Ed. Erich Bethe: ''Die dorische Knabenliebe. Ihre Ethik und ihre Idee.'' Berlin: Rosa Winkel, 1983. * Ed.

Paul Verlaine Paul-Marie Verlaine (; ; 30 March 1844 – 8 January 1896) was a French poet associated with the Symbolist movement and the Decadent movement. He is considered one of the greatest representatives of the ''fin de siècle'' in international and F ...

: ''Männer. Hombres. Nachdruck der Ausgabe von 1920''. Berlin: Rosa Winkel, 1986. * Ed. ''Das Hohelied der Knabenliebe. Erotische Gedichte aus der Griechischen Anthologie''. Berlin: Rosa Winkel, 1987. * Ed. ''Der Roman eines Konträrsexuellen. Eine Autobiographie''. Berlin: Rosa Winkel, 1991. * Ed. ''Die Sünde von Sodom. Erinnerungen eines viktorianischen Strichers''. Berlin: Rosa Winkel, 1995; Hamburg: MännerschwarmSkript, 2005. * Ed. Thijs Maasen: ''Pädagogischer Eros. Gustav Wyneken und die Freie Schulgemeinde Wickersdorf''. Berlin: Rosa Winkel, 1995. * Ed.

Xavier Mayne Edward Irenaeus Prime-Stevenson (January 29, 1858 – July 23, 1942) was an American author. He used the pseudonym Xavier Mayne.Bullough, Vern L''Before Stonewall: Activists for Gay and Lesbian Rights in Historical Context'' Haworth Press Inc, ...

( Edward Irenaeus Prime-Stevenson): ''Imre. Eine psychologische Romanze''. Berlin: Rosa Winkel, 1997. * Ed.

: ''Matrosengeschichten und Gedichte. Ein Lesebuch''. Berlin: Rosa Winkel, 1998. * Transl. Hubert Kennedy: ''

Der Kreis (, ''The Circle'') was a Swiss gay magazine that was published from 1932 to 1967 and distributed internationally. History was first published on January 1, 1932, under the original title (''Friendship Banner'') as a joint project of Laura T ...

. Eine Zeitschrift und ihr Programm''. Berlin: Rosa Winkel, 1999. * Ed. ''Karl Heinrich Ulrichs zu Ehren. Materialien zu Leben und Werk''. Berlin: Rosa Winkel, 2000. * Ed. ''Die Geschichte der Homosexualitäten und die schwule Identität an der Jahrtausendwende. Eine Vortragsreihe aus Anlaß des 175. Geburtstags von Karl Heinrich Ulrichs''. Berlin: Rosa Winkel, 2000. * ''Karl Heinrich Ulrichs zum 175. Geburtstag. Ein (Ge)Denkblatt''. Munich: Forum Homosexualität und Geschichte, 2000. * Ed. and afterword. Robert Sherard: ''

Oscar Wilde Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 185430 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s. He is ...

. Die Geschichte einer unglücklichen Freundschaft''. Berlin: Rosa Winkel, 2000. * Coed., with Günter Grau. ''Schwulsein 2000. Perspektiven im vereinigten Deutschland''. Edition Waldschlösschen. Hamburg: MännerschwarmSkript, 2001. * Ed. Antonio Rocco: ''Der Schüler Alkibiades. Ein philosophisch-erotischer Dialog''. Hamburg: MännerschwarmSkript, 2002. * Ed. ''Neue Funde und Studien zu Karl Heinrich Ulrichs''. Hamburg: MännerschwarmSkript, 2004. * Ed. '' Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen. Dandy und Poet. Annäherungen''. Hamburg: MännerschwarmSkript, 2005. * Ed. ''Homosexualität in der DDR. Materialien und Meinungen''. Hamburg: Männerschwarm, 2006. * Ed. and afterword.

Howard Sturgis Howard Overing Sturgis (January 30, 1855 – February 7, 1920) was an English-language novelist who wrote about same-sex love. Of American parentage, he lived and worked in Britain. Early life "Howdie," as he was known to his intimates, was bo ...

: ''Tim. Roman.'' Hamburg: Männerschwarm, 2009. * Ed. and afterword. Binet-Valmer: ''Lucien.'' Hamburg: Männerschwarm, 2009. * Ed. and afterword. Adolf Wilbrandt: ''Fridolins heimliche Ehe''. Hamburg: Männerschwarm, 2010. * Ed. and cotransl. Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen: ''Lord Lyllian''. Hamburg: Männerschwarm, 2010. * Ed. Fritz Geron Pernauhm (i.e., Guido Hermann Eckardt): ''Die Infamen''. Hamburg: Männerschwarm, 2010. * Ed. Peter Hamecher: ''Zwischen den Geschlechtern. Literaturkritik. Gedichte. Prosa''. Hamburg: Männerschwarm, 2011. * Ed. Jules Siber: ''Seelenwanderung''. Hamburg: Männerschwarm, 2011. * Coed., with Albert Knoll. Homunkulus: ''Zwischen den Geschlechtern. Roman einer geächteten Leidenschaft''. Hamburg: Männerschwarm, 2012. * Ed.

Herman Bang Herman Joachim Bang (20 April 1857 – 29 January 1912) was a Danish journalist and author, one of the men of the Modern Breakthrough. Biography Bang was born in Asserballe, on the small Danish island of Als, the son of a South Jutlandic vica ...

: ''Michael''. Hamburg: Männerschwarm, 2012. * Ed. Emil Mario Vacano and Günther von Freiberg: ''König Phantasus. Roman eines Unglücklichen''. Hamburg: Männerschwarm, 2014. * ''Emil Mario Vacano. Eine biographische Skizze. Mit einem Textanhang''. Hamburg: Männerschwarm, 2014. * ''Oscar Wilde & Co. Historisch-literarische Spurensicherungen''. Hamburg: Männerschwarm, 2016. * Ed. Lukian: ''Erotes. Ein Gespräch über die Liebe''. Trans. Hans Licht (i.e., Paul Brandt). Hamburg: Männerschwarm, 2017. * Ed. and afterword.

Luigi Settembrini Luigi Settembrini (17 April 1813, Naples – 3 November 1877, Florence) was an Italian man of letters and politician. Biography Born in Naples, his paternal grandfather was an immigrant from Bollita (the actual Nova Siri), in the province ...

: ''Die Neuplatoniker. Ein erotisches Märchen''. Trans. Gerd Gauglitz. Hamburg: Männerschwarm, 2017. * Ed. and afterword. Karl Heinrich Ulrichs: ''Auf Bienchens Flügeln. Ein Flug um den Erdball in Epigrammen und poetischen Bildern. Nach dem Handexemplar des Autors''. Hamburg: Männerschwarm, 2017. * Afterword. Alec Scouffi: ''Hotel zum Goldfisch''. Trans. Karl Blanck and Helene Schauer. Berlin: Männerschwarm, 2019. * Afterword.

Pierre Loti Pierre Loti (; pseudonym of Louis Marie-Julien Viaud ; 14 January 1850 – 10 June 1923) was a French naval officer and novelist, known for his exotic novels and short stories.This article is derived largely from the ''Encyclopædia Britannica El ...

: ''Mein Bruder Yves''. Trans. Robert Prölss. Berlin: Männerschwarm, 2020. * Ed. and foreword. ''Edel-Uranier erzählen''. Hans Waldau: ''Aus der Freundschaft sonnigsten Tagen. Der Liebling Kurt''. Konradin: ''Ein Jünger Platos. Aus dem Leben eines Entgleisen''. Theo von Tempesta: ''Aus dem Liebesleben zweier Freunde''. Berlin: Männerschwarm, 2021.

English publication

* Ed. and introduction (pp. vii-xxv). ''

The Sins of the Cities of the Plain ''The Sins of the Cities of the Plain; or, The Recollections of a Mary-Ann, with Short Essays on Sodomy and Tribadism'', by the pseudonymous "Jack Saul", is one of the first exclusively homosexual works of pornographic literature published in Eng ...

''. Kansas City: Valancourt, 2013.

External links

Wolfram Setz
in

German National Library The German National Library (DNB; german: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek) is the central archival library and national bibliographic centre for the Federal Republic of Germany. It is one of the largest libraries in the world. Its task is to colle ...

Wolfram Setz's rediscovery of K. H. Ulrichs (with photo)

Setz's series "Bibliothek rosa Winkel" (in German, with photos)

References

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