We mourn our publisher Daniel Keel

deceased on 13 September 2011 at the age of 80.

Daniel Keel, born on 10 October 1930, died on Tuesday the 13th September 2011, at his home in Zürich.

He founded Diogenes in 1952, and – together with his business partner Rudolf C. Bettschart – continued to actively lead the company throughout the next six decades until the very end of his life.

In 1962 he married his wife, Anna, a painter. She died a year before him. They are survived by two sons, Jakob (1966) and Philipp (1968).

Last year, the publication The Funny World of Publishing: Letters to and from Daniel Keel was released in honour of his eightieth birthday. This collection of letters tells a very personal publishing history and provides an original insight into the publishing trade, yet at the same time is also a character study of the man who was Daniel Keel.

In June of this year, the German Book Trade Association awarded Keel and Bettschart with the Friedrich Perthes Medal for their ›outstanding commitment.‹ In addition, Daniel Keel was recently knighted as a Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.