“For personal reasons,” said Leipziger Messe GmbH, Oliver Zille will be stepping down as director of the Leipzig Book Fair at the end of this year. Personal reasons must always be respected. The dismayed reactions in the industry and in the city of Leipzig show that it is not irrelevant which person asserts them. Oliver Zille, born in Leipzig in 1960, has become the “face of the Leipzig Book Fair” because he is a genius at being present. Not only when the spotlights and microphones are switched on in the glass hall at the presentation of the book prizes at the Leipzig Fair. He shows up in the Europa Forum, in the small publishers’ hall, in the exhibition lounge, even if he doesn’t have moderator duties and doesn’t sit anywhere for long.
Oliver Zille, head of the Leipzig Book Fair, stops surprisingly – culture
