Garten Kunst. Auf der Suche nach dem verlorenen Paradies

by Hans von Trotha

Hardcover

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

Hans von Trotha is a German historian, novelist, and journalist who spent ten years as editorial director of the Nicolai publishing house in Berlin. He is regarded as a specialist in the landscape gardens of the 18th century.

Von Trotha studied literature, history, and philosophy in Heidelberg and Berlin. He did his doctorate at the Freie Universität on literature and gardens in the 18th century, and his dissertation deals with the mutual influence of literature, philosophy, and garden art. While working on it, he began writing for radio and various newspapers as a freelance journalist. He later managed the Nicolai Verlag publishing house in Berlin for more than ten years.

Since then, he has worked independently as a curator, publicist, and consultant in the field of culture, including as a freelance journalist for Deutschlandfunk Kultur. In 2020-2021, he was curator of the Moosbrand Music and Literature Festival of the Nantesbuch Foundation.