Adam Zielinski

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Adam Zielinski (March 2007)

Adam Zielinski (born June 22, 1929 in Drohobycz , Galicia , † June 26, 2010 in Vienna ) was a multiple award-winning Polish - Austrian writer and former entrepreneur. He wrote his works in Polish and German.

Life

Adam Zielinski, son of a lawyer, was born in Drohobycz, not far from Lemberg , and was orphaned during the Second World War , as the National Socialists first murdered his father and then his mother. Zielinski was one of 19 Jews from his hometown of Stryj who survived the Holocaust . The other 18,000, like his parents, were also murdered. In 1947 Adam Zielinski graduated from high school in Cracow with the Abitur and then studied social sciences and journalism at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow until 1954 (diploma 1954). In 1956, Zielinski completed a master's degree in journalism from the University of Warsaw . In 1982 he also acquired a PhD in political science from Glendale University / USA based on a thesis entitled An analysis of China's developement until today and its prospects to reach the year 2000 in wealth under the conditions of the western democracies.

Vienna Central Cemetery , Old Arcades, Crypt No. 22: Adam Zielinski's grave

In 1957, Zielinski moved with his family to Vienna and initially worked in industry. In 1959, he acquired Austrian citizenship. In 1961 he founded the trading company "Compensa". He has emerged as a writer since 1989 and has received numerous national and international awards and literary prizes.

Since July 14, 1951, Zielinski was married to Sophie Zielinski, a Slavic scholar and academic at the University of Vienna for many years. His son Christoph Zielinski is a specialist in internal medicine with a focus on internal oncology, professor of internal medicine and director of one of three university clinics for internal medicine at the Medical University and the General Hospital in Vienna.

Adam Zielinski was buried at the Vienna Central Cemetery , in the Alte Arkaden, No. 22.

Fonts (selection)

  • The hunchbacked world. A report from the XX. Century , Frankfurt am Main 1991
  • Not far from Vienna (contemporary historical novel), Frankfurt am Main 1992
  • A return (novel), Frankfurt am Main 1996
  • Holobutov. Dwa opowiadania (two stories, bilingual Polish-German), Krakau 1998
  • Jan was Jossele and other stories , Klagenfurt etc. 2001
  • Vienna. A case (novel), Klagenfurt etc. 2002
  • Work edition in 10 volumes, Wieser Klagenfurt etc. 2004
  • An der Weichsel (Roman), Klagenfurt etc. 2006
  • Never stop learning. Memories, encounters, feuds, reconciliations , Klagenfurt etc. 2007
  • When the Russians came to Hirschberg and other stories , Klagenfurt etc. 2008
  • 12 Jewish stories , Klagenfurt etc. 2009
  • Im Schtetl , Klagenfurt, Wieser-Verlag 2010

Prizes and awards

literature

  • Rembert J. Schleicher: The last Galician. Adam Zielinski on the trail. Frankfurt am Main 2000.
  • Ullrich Schmidt: The nine lives of Adam Zielinski. Vienna 2009.

Web links

Commons : Adam Zielinski  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Isabella Pohl: Adam Zielinski 1929-2010. In: Der Standard / print edition, June 28, 2010
  2. ↑ The Standard: Adam Zielinski 1929-2010
  3. ↑ The four lives of Adam Zielinski. A Galician biography. In: Ö1 . Retrieved May 8, 2016 .
  4. ^ Adam Zielinski - Extended curriculum vitae. In: adamzielinski.com. Archived from the original on April 4, 2005 ; accessed on February 2, 2014 .
  5. ^ Dpa: writer Adam Zielinski died. In: Tagesspiegel. Retrieved August 18, 2011 .
  6. ^ Adam Zielinski - literary prizes and awards. In: adamzielinski.com. Archived from the original on August 12, 2007 ; accessed on February 2, 2014 .
  7. ^ Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Vienna ( Memento from June 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ); Retrieved June 27, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Zielinski, Adam
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish-Austrian writer
DATE OF BIRTH June 22, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Drohobych
DATE OF DEATH June 26, 2010
Place of death Vienna