Hanns Grössel was one of the most important mediators of French and Scandinavian literature for the German-speaking world, not only as a literary editor at WDR and translator but also as an essayist and critic. When Hanns Grössel spoke or wrote about books with infectious curiosity and respect, the life, work, and publication histories unfolded into literary-historical narratives, well-founded, knowledgeable, sometimes originally idiosyncratic, and always inspiring. He narrated with joy and sparked enthusiasm for literature, particularly for French and Scandinavian (especially Danish) literature, for which he made significant contributions. Norbert Wehr has selected contributions for a major retrospective that can be read as Hanns Grössel's personal history of French literature. The volume offers a profound insight into Grössel's influence on literary communication through its literary-historical approach.