Adolf Frisé
Adolf Frisé (born May 29, 1910 in Euskirchen ; † May 2, 2003 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a journalist and writer . He became known, among other things, as the editor of Robert Musil's literary work.
Life
Frisé grew up in Viersen on the Lower Rhine and attended the humanistic grammar school there . His classmate and friend was Gustav René Hocke . After graduating from high school, he first studied German with Friedrich Gundolf in Munich, Berlin and Heidelberg and received his doctorate in 1932. He then worked as a freelance writer in Berlin until 1940 and served in the war from 1940 to 1945.
After the war, Adolf Frisé soon met Robert Musil's widow, Martha Musil , to secure the estate of the poet, who died in 1942. Decades of dealing with the literary work of Musil followed. From 1978 onwards the authoritative edition of the work emerged, which also includes Musil's diaries (1976) and letters (1981) in commented form. As a profound expert and co-editor, Frisé was also involved in the first CD edition of the unprinted legacy texts (1992). In 1974 he was appointed professor in Vienna, in 1979 he became honorary president of the International Robert Musil Society and in 1982 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Klagenfurt.
Frisé's main job was a journalist, first with newspapers in Hamburg , then as an editor at Hessischer Rundfunk , where he headed the evening studio from 1956 to 1962 . Adolf Frisé also wrote travel reports, plays and novels.
Adolf Frisé was with the writer and journalist Maria Frisé , geb. von Loesch, married.
Works
- Diaries, aphorisms, essays and speeches. Robert Musil. Hamburg 1955.
- Unfinished - Unfinished? Reflections on the torso of the "man without qualities" . Mercury, 390 November 1980
- Plea for Robert Musil . Essays. Reinbek 1980. Extended edition 1987, ISBN 3-498-02055-2 .
- The beginning of the past . Novel. Reinbek 1990, ISBN 3-499-13193-5 .
- Johanna . Novel. Reinbek 2001, ISBN 3-498-02082-X .
- We always live several lives . Life memories. Reinbek 2004, ISBN 3-498-02091-9 .
- Reflections. Reports, comments, texts 1933-1998 . Bern 2000, ISBN 3-906758-50-8 .
literature
- Adelheid Limbach: About Adolf Frisé . In: Heimatbuch Kreis Viersen . Viersen 2011
- Maria Frisé: Scenes from a Marriage . In: Heimatbuch Kreis Viersen . Viersen 2011
Web links
- Literature by and about Adolf Frisé in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Homage to Gustav René Hocke . Viersen 1989, p. 16
- ^ Peter Hahn (Ed.): Literatur in Frankfurt , athenäum, Frankfurt am Main, 1987, p. 199, ISBN 3-610-08448-0
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Frisé, Adolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 29, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Euskirchen |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 2, 2003 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |