RIP Reinhold Aman (1936 – 2019)

This happened in 2019 but I only found out today. How? Well, I consider writing a book, an anthology of haatspraak.

Haatspraak is Dutch for hate speech and the book would be something along the lines of Rants and Incendiary Tracts (1989).

For this purpose, I wanted to get Maledicta from my university library. They do not have it.

Maledicta, complete set, photo by Alta Glamour Inc., a bookshop specialized in erotica based in Seattle.

Who was Reinhold?

Reinhold Aman was the editor and founder of Maledicta. Incidentally, maledicta means male (bad) and dicta (things people say).

Reinhold appears to have been a colourful figure and spent some time in jail for sending what he called “prank” postcards to his ex-wife to be, but which the judge considered to be threats.