Edition Tiamat: The writer of the hour | EUROtoday

Klaus Bittermann has been operating Edition Tiamat since 1979, however now his small publishing home is basically booming. Because present anti-Semitism is fearlessly dissected right here.

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Klaus Bittermann, a veteran of the Berlin publishing scene, has prompted a sensation together with his Edition Tiamat for the reason that 80s. His unconventional strategy to understanding left-wing principle as an artwork of dwelling earned him each admiration and criticism. He has made a reputation for himself with books that critically replicate the zeitgeist. His present revival and up to date awards present that his work remains to be related. Bittermann strikes confidently between ideological criticism and provocation, at all times on the lookout for vital discourse.

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Klaus Bittermann, born in Kulmbach in 1952, fled first to Nuremberg and later to Berlin-Kreuzberg.
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Klaus Bittermann wrote in his in 2011 Kreuzberg scenes, The RAF discovered its final refuge within the Graefekiez, which wasn’t known as that on the time. There was no world youth motion on the Admiralbrücke and no vegan waffle outlets in Berlin. There was the “Standesamt”, a long-established nook pub, in entrance of which he had beforehand seen a particular operations workforce in bulletproof vests: “I watched the operation and hissed ‘shitty cops’ or ‘bull pigs’. In times of the squatter movement in the early 1980s, that’s what they did.”

https://www.zeit.de/2026/12/klaus-bittermann-edition-tiamat-verlag-berlin