Adolf Dessauer

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Adolf Dessauer (born September 12, 1849 in Frankfurt am Main ; † January 2, 1916 in Vienna ; pseudonym: Erwin Balder ) was an Austrian banker and writer of Jewish descent who devoted himself to the genre of the upscale entertainment novel and was widely read in his day . In 1872 he joined the Wiener Allgemeine Depositenbank, as its long-time director (1882) or vice-president (1909) he was jointly responsible for an increase in capital from 16 to 33 million kroner and the significant expansion of business. He was significantly involved in the establishment of the Vienna Vieh- und Fleischmarktkasse.

After extensive reviews of Dessauer's novel "Götzendienst" appeared in the feature sections of the Neue Freie Presse (April 16, 1899, reviewer Joseph Oppenheimer) and in the Neue Wiener Tagblatt (April 18, 1899), Karl Kraus polemicized in his Fackel (1899/4) against the "mixing up of different departments": "When the 'Neue Freie Presse', which doesn't mention a word about the gifts of Strindberg , Garborg , Knut Hamsun and only deposits the literature rubble on the desk once a month von Thaler has accumulated, now dedicates a 180-line essay on Sunday to the novelist Dessauer, nobody will particularly notice it. It is only to be hoped that, if the flat-rates of a bank should also influence the book market, the promotion of Novels à la 'idolatry' will in future at least be successful in the 'Ekonomisten'. "

Adolf Dessauer had been married to the celebrated operetta diva Antonie "Toni" Link (February 5, 1853, Budapest - May 21, 1931, Vienna), who worked at the Carltheater in Vienna until their wedding, since 1879 . The painter Wilhelm Dessauer (October 11, 1882, Vienna - December 16, 1943, USA), worked as an art advisor for the Neue Freie Presse until 1938 and author of the novels "The Tyrann" (1931) and "The Infallible Master" (1937) , was their son.

Adolf Dessauer should not be confused with a presumably Bavarian author of the same name who was working at the same time, and whose humorous works, which are located in the world of the Alps, are sometimes wrongly attributed to him.

Works

  • Leonie . Roman (pseudonym Erwin Balder), Carl Konegen, Vienna 1888.
  • True love . Roman, Verlag Heinrich Minden, Dresden and Leipzig undated as well as a serial in: Neue Freie Presse, Vienna, May 7, 1891 ff.
  • [without statement of responsibility:] idolatry . Viennese image of society, Carl Konegen, Vienna 1899.
  • Big city Jews . Roman, Wilhelm Braumüller, Vienna and Leipzig 1910.
  • False idealists . Viennese story, as a sequel in: Neue Freie Presse, Vienna November 15, 1913 ff.
  • My memories of the young Taussig , in: Neue Freie Presse, Vienna December 25, 1913
  • Youth memories (quoted in: Große Jüdische National-Biographie, Czernowitz 1925; mentioned in: Neue Freie Presse, Vienna January 3, 1916 , but without further evidence)

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SURNAME Dessauer, Adolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Balder, Erwin (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian banker and writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 12, 1849
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH January 2, 1916
Place of death Vienna