Heinz Ludwig Arnold

Heinz Ludwig Arnold (1940–2011) was a German publisher, literary mediator, and honorary professor at the University of Göttingen. In 1963 he founded the literary journal »TEXT + KRITIK«, which he edited for decades. He also edited the »Kritisches Lexikon zur deutschsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur« (KLG), the »Kritisches Lexikon zur fremdsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur« (KLfG), and, from 2004, the third, fully revised edition of »Kindlers Literatur Lexikon«. His other work included the eleven-volume anthology »Die deutsche Literatur seit 1945«. Before becoming a literary publisher, Arnold served as writer Ernst Jünger’s private secretary from 1961 to 1964.