Karl Adolph
Karl Adolph (born May 19, 1869 in Vienna ; † November 22, 1931 there ) was an Austrian writer .
Adolph was born the son of a painter's assistant and grew up in poor conditions in the suburbs of Vienna. At first he also worked as a painter's assistant and from 1901 worked as a clerk's assistant in the administration of the Vienna General Hospital , where he became an adjunct . With Schackerl he achieved his first literary success in 1912. In addition, he was a permanent employee of the Wiener Arbeiter-Zeitung , which published many of his works. Towards the end of his life, health problems increasingly limited his literary work.
Karl Adolph described the life of the proletarians and petty bourgeoisie of the Viennese suburbs in naturalistic representations in novels and sketches . With his literary works he primarily wanted to entertain people of all social classes without having to resort to excessive violence and sentimentality. In 1914 he received the Bauernfeld Prize .
Works
- Lyric (1897)
- House No. 37 (1908)
- Schackerl (1912)
- Daughters (1914)
- May 1st (tragic comedy, 1919)
- From then and now (1924)
literature
- Adolph Karl. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 8.
- Elfriede Harrer: Karl Adolph. Attempt a monograph . Vienna, 1949, (Vienna, University, dissertation, 1949).
- Kurt Vancsa: Adolph, Karl. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 87 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Karl Adolph in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry on Karl Adolph in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
- Works by Karl Adolph in the Gutenberg-DE project
Individual evidence
- ^ ANNO, Arbeiter Zeitung, 1931-11-23, page 2. Accessed July 15, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Adolph, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 19, 1869 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 22, 1931 |
| Place of death | Vienna |