Karl Bruckner

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Karl Bruckner (born January 9, 1906 in Vienna ; † October 25, 1982 there ) was an Austrian writer .

Life

Karl Bruckner's autograph from 1971

Karl Bruckner grew up as the son of a book printer in the proletarian Viennese suburb of Ottakring . His ancestors were carriage drivers. Bruckner graduated from five middle school classes and learned to be a car mechanic. In the interwar period he emigrated to Brazil , but returned to Vienna at the end of 1937. He did not begin to write until 1946 and became one of the most internationally successful authors of books for young people in Austria.

As a child, Bruckner said he was an enthusiastic participant in major football battles with the "Fetzenlaberl" on the neighboring former parade ground on the Schmelz . The author created his lively children's and youth books as an education for responsible and community-conscious humanity. One of his greatest successes, with a total circulation of over 130,000 copies, was the book Die Spatzenelf . It depicts the way from eleven football-loving boys from poor backgrounds to the community and to a surprise victory over the youth team of a large football club. The book was first published in 1949 by the communist Globus publishing house and saw countless new editions up into the 1970s. Today it is considered one of the classic Austrian books for young people.

Karl Bruckner's greatest international literary success was Sadako will Leben , the touching depiction of the fate of Sadako Sasaki , the Japanese girl who survived the atomic bombing on Hiroshima as a toddler , but who ultimately fell victim to him after an outbreak of radiation- related leukemia .

Bruckner's honorary grave in Vienna's central cemetery

In 1963 Bruckner was given the professional title of professor. He received numerous prizes and was buried in an honorary grave in the Vienna Central Cemetery (group 40, number 151).

Awards and honors

Works

  • The wonderful life. A science fiction from 2443 , 1948
  • Tobias Amberger's diamond , 1949
  • The sparrow elf , 1948
  • Pablo the Indian , 1949
  • The big elf , 1951
  • My Brother Ahual , 1952 (later title: Hot Earth , 1965)
  • The trail of wild animals , 1952
  • The chief and his friends , 1952
  • Rascals Olympics , 1953
  • Giovanna and the Swamp , 1953
  • The cannibal's drum , 1954
  • Scarley becomes dangerous , 1954
  • Scarley on Robinson Island , 1955
  • The thugs of Naples , 1955
  • The world champion , 1956
  • The golden pharaoh , 1957
  • Lale, the Turkish woman , 1958
  • Viva Mexico , 1959
  • A car and no money , 1960
  • Giovanna , 1960
  • Sadako wants to live , 1961, a book about Sadako Sasaki
  • Just two robots? , 1963
  • In these years. Vienna 1945-1965 , 1965
  • The magic ring , 1966
  • Man without Arms , 1967 (later title: Passenger in Chains , 1977)
  • Yossi and Assad , 1971
  • The winner , 1973
  • Tuan in the fire, 1977
  • Sadako wants to live (new edition) , 2004
  • Sadako wants to live (audio book) , 2011

literature

  • Sabine Fuchs (Ed.): The forgotten classic. The life and work of Karl Bruckner. Vienna: Edition Praesens 2002 (= Children's and Youth Literature Research in Austria; 3), ISBN 3-7069-0142-0
  • Kathrin Wexberg : Home in writing? Karl Bruckner - an Austrian children's book author in the field of tension between literature and society . Children's and youth literature research in Austria, Volume 10, Vienna: Edition Praesens , 2007, ISBN 3-7069-0370-9
  • Bettina Deutsch : Land of Heroes. Sports topics in Karl Bruckner's books for children and young people. Graz: Univ. Dipl.-Arb. 2003
  • Gerlinde Völker: The Cranes of Karl Bruckner, Neues Österreich, December 10, 1966, p. 16

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personal data
SURNAME Bruckner, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 9, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH October 25, 1982
Place of death Vienna