Alexander Giese

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Alexander M. Giese (born November 21, 1921 in Vienna ; † January 19, 2016 there ) was an Austrian writer and well-known Freemason .

Alexander Giese was an employee of the ORF , author of prose , poetry , film and radio play . From 1990 to 1997 he was President of the Austrian PEN Club and from 1975 to 1986 Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Austria. In 1982 a neo-Nazi attack was carried out on him.

Honorary grave in the Vienna Central Cemetery

Giese died on January 19, 2016 at the age of 94 in Vienna and was buried in an honorary grave in the Vienna Central Cemetery (group 40, number 196).

Works

  • The moon between the grasses. Poetry. 1963.
  • Like a stranger in the fatherland. Novel. 1973.
  • Shakespeare sonnets. translated by Alexander Giese. 1975.
  • Like snow in the desert. Novel. 1976.
  • Be patient, brothers. Novel. 1979, ISBN 3-552-03121-9 .
  • Lerida or The Long Shadow. Novel. 1983.
  • Pandoren's return . Dramatic poem. 1986.
  • Editor of the Reprints Journal for Freemasons . 1988. (Lodge " On True Unity ")
  • The Freemasons . Non-fiction. 1991.
  • Pictures out of time - Peter Proksch . Essay in picture and text volume. 1991.
  • Light of freedom . Novel. 1993.
  • The middle of the world: Innviertel and other stories . Short stories. 1994, ISBN 3-85068-429-6 .
  • Rich without money . Essay volume. 2005, ISBN 3-902404-18-3 .
  • Freemasons Today - Freemasons' attitude to life and mindset . Non-fiction. 2007.
  • Gleanings . Poems. Aumayer Druck & Verlag, Munderfing 2007, ISBN 978-3-9502174-5-2 .
  • The story of Daidalos and Icarus. Aumayer Druck & Verlag, Munderfing 2010, ISBN 978-3-9502805-2-4 .
  • Shakespeare sonnets. Aumayer Druck & Verlag, Munderfing 2013, ISBN 978-3-902923-01-1 .
  • Power and impotence of the spirit. Writings from the estate. Edited by Susanne Dobesch-Giese and Helmuth A. Niederle. edition pen published by Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-85409-938-3 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Austrian author Alexander Giese died. In: Salzburger Nachrichten . January 20, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Alexander Giese. In: Kürschner's German Literature Calendar 2014/2015. Volume I: A-O. Walter de Gruyter, 2014, ISBN 978-3-11-033720-4 , p. 307. ( Restricted view in Google Books )
  3. ↑ Thomas Riegler: The forgotten bombs from the right. ( Memento from December 29, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) on: diezukunft.at No. 7–8, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Giese, Alexander
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Giese, Alexander M.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer, freemason
DATE OF BIRTH November 21, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH 19th January 2016
Place of death Vienna