About Gerd Hatje
Lived 1915 – 2007 (aged 92). Gerd Hatje was a German publisher and printer.
Gerd Hatje (14 April 1915 – 24 July 2007) was a German publisher. The publishing house that he founded in 1945, named the Humanitas Verlag, renamed in 1947 as Verlag Gerd Hatje, is internationally known for contemporary art, photography and architecture. It merged in to Hatje Cantz in 1999.
Career Hatje was born in Hamburg, the son of Eisenbahngewerkschafter and his wife Lina. The family moved to Stuttgart when he was age 15. He apprenticed as a typesetter.
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Who was Gerd Hatje?
German publisher
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Gerd Hatje was born on 14 April 1915 in Hamburg.
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Gerd Hatje died on 24 July 2007 in Stuttgart.
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Gerd Hatje was a publisher and printer.
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Gerd Hatje was German.
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