Rosa Winkel (publisher)
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| Status | Defunct |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1975 |
| Defunct | 2005 |
| Successor | Männerschwarm |
| Country of origin | Germany |
| Headquarters location | Berlin |
| Nonfiction topics | Gay literature |
Verlag rosa Winkel was a Berlin book publisher founded in 1975 as the first German-language publishing house of the postwar period devoted to gay literature. It took its name from the pink triangle that gay prisoners in Nazi concentration camps were forced to wear, a symbol reclaimed by the gay movement of the 1970s.[1][2][3]
History
The house positioned itself as an element of the German gay movement. Egmont Fassbinder, a notable activist in the West Berlin's gay scene, joined the editorial collective in 1978, and from 1981 ran the publishing venue as its only employee. Fassbinder was among the founders of the Homosexuelle Aktion Westberlin, one of the earliest gay liberation groups in West Germany, and later of the Schwules Museum in Berlin.[1][2][4]
Alongside contemporary fiction and research studies, the publisher reprinted key writings of the early German gay movement, with works by Heinrich Hössli, Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, Karl Maria Kertbeny and Magnus Hirschfeld among them. The first books of the comic artist Ralf König also appeared there. For the Schwules Museum, the house published exhibition catalogues, and in 2000 the museum honoured it with a small anniversary show.[1][3]
The last new title appeared in 2001, and the chronically struggling company was struck from the trade register in 2005. The gay publisher Männerschwarm continued its historical book series, the Bibliothek rosa Winkel, and later took over the remaining stock. Fassbinder died in Berlin in May 2023.[1][4][5]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Trauer um Egmont Fassbinder". queer.de (in German). 16 May 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
- 1 2 Lange, Nadine (17 May 2023). "Verleger und Schwulenaktivist: Egmont Fassbinder ist tot". Der Tagesspiegel Online (in German). ISSN 1865-2263. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
- 1 2 "Nachruf: Egmont Fassbinder (1945-2023)". Schwules Museum (in German). 17 May 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
- 1 2 "Zum Tod von Egmont Fassbinder: Warmherziges Unikat". www.siegessaeule.de (in German). 17 May 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
- ↑ "Verlag rosa Winkel jetzt bei Männerschwarm" (in German). Männerschwarm Verlag. Archived from the original on 21 May 2007. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
Further reading
- Lippitz, Ulf (8 June 2007). "Verliebte Jungs". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). Retrieved 17 August 2026.