Germans keep doing it

[Marscalla at aol.com]

Michael Naumann was a leading employee of the Rowohlt Verlag, the  publisher 
of all of Pynchon's works in Germany. In the nineties  he lived for several 
years in New York to manage the american  activities of his company - and I 
think 'acquaintance' is right, because some of  the members of Rowohlt tried to 
use their connections and - sometimes  successfully - arranged meetings with 
their author. One of Naumanns successors,  Nico Hansen, travels regularly through 
Germany talking about his friendship with  P., how familiar they were with 
each other and the like - embarrassing. Naumann  later became the first minister 
of cultural affairs in germany, after two years  he was dismissed, and he is 
now editor of the magazine "Zeit", together  with the former german chancellor 
Schmidt. 
 
I hope this information is of any use,
 
 a brandnew member from germany
 
mario scalla

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