Nicolai Riedel (born 17 October 1952 in Lübeck) is a German philologist, author and an editor. Riedel worked for a long time as a research fellow in the library of the German Literature Archive in Marbach am Neckar.^[1] In addition, he is the author and editor of numerous bibliographical publications.^[2] These include works on Uwe Johnson, Ernst Jünger and Günter Kunert.

Biography and work

Riedel first studied German and philosophy at the University of Mannheim.^[3] This was followed by academic teaching from 1980 to 1989 and his doctorate in modern German literature at the University of Passau. Between the years 1989 and 2017 he was a research fellow and head of the inventory and use department in the library of the German Literature Archive in Marbach, with a focus on the care of the special collections (poets and scholars' libraries, publisher's archives, topic- and author-specific bundles), inter-institutional lending and magazine logistics.^[4] In 2018 and 2019 he worked part-time in the literature archive and was responsible for the Marbach Schiller bibliography.

For many years, Riedel was co-editor of the literary magazine "Passauer Pegasus"^[5] and a member of the Mecklenburg Literature Society and the German Schiller Society.

Nicolai Riedel has lived in the baroque city of Ludwigsburg since 1989.

Publications (selection)

Publications

• Untersuchungen zur internationalen Rezeption Uwe Johnsons. Olms, Hildesheim 1985, ISBN 978-3-487-07624-9.
• Uwe-Johnson-Bibliographie 1959–1998. Metzler, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 978-3-476-01680-5.
• Ernst-Jünger-Bibliographie 1928–2002. Metzler, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 978-3-476-01961-5.
• Internationale Günter-Kunert-Bibliographie 1947–2011. de Gruyter, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-11-018935-3.
• Ernst-Jünger-Bibliographie 2003–2015. Metzler, Stuttgart 2016, ISBN 978-3-476-02665-1.
• Bibliographisches Handbuch der deutschsprachigen Lyrik 1945–2020. Metzler, Heidelberg 2023, ISBN 978-3-662-65460-6.

Publications (as editor)

• Erzähltechnik und Entfremdungsproblematik. MWA, Mannheim 1977.
• Uwe Johnsons Frühwerk im Spiegel der deutschsprachigen Literaturkritik. Bouvier, Bonn 1987.
• with Carsten Gansel: Internationales Uwe-Johnson-Forum. 10 Bände, Lang, Frankfurt/M. 1990–2006.
• with Gerhard Nebel „Alles Gefühl ist leiblich". Ein Stück Autobiographie, Deutsche Schillergesellschaft, Marbach am Neckar 2003, ISBN 978-3-933679-91-8.

Periodic publications

• with Herman Moens: Marbacher Schiller-Bibliographie. Internationales Referenzorgan zur Forschungs- und Wirkungsgeschichte. In: Jahrbuch der Deutschen Schillergesellschaft, 2006–2018 (13 updates).

Other works (selection)

• Numerous bibliographical articles in the periodical "Text + Kritik" and in the "KLG". Individual essays in scholarly collections.