Alexander Sacher-Masoch
Alexander (von) Sacher Masoch (born November 18, 1901 in Witkowitz , † August 17, 1972 in Vienna ) was an Austrian writer.
Life
Alexander Sacher-Masoch was a great-nephew of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch . Initially active as a chemist, he already emerged as a writer in the interwar period and was involved on the side of the political left. From 1938–40 he worked as a journalist in Belgrade as an émigré , from 1940–43 he lived, partly interned, on the island of Korčula . After the war the with was Franz Theodor Csokor befriended Sacher-Masoch one of the founders of the Austrian PEN Club and its first secretary general since 1945. 1946-47 acted Sacher-Masoch as the first editor of the Austrian Communist Party published cultural magazine Austrian diary (later Vienna Diary ). Sacher-Masoch's works often deal critically with the last decades of the Danube Monarchy and other contemporary historical topics. This is how the novel processes: The oil gardens burn Masoch's war experiences on Korčula.
Sacher-Masoch was buried in the Grinzinger Friedhof (group 20, row 5, number 16) in an honorary grave . In 1994, his widow donated a literary prize in his memory, the Alexander Sacher Masoch Prize, named after him .
Works (selection)
- The parade, Vienna 1946
- Time of Demons (a poem), Vienna 1946
- A summer's adventure, Vienna 1946
- Time flies ..., 1947
- Beppo and Pule. Novel of an island («Written on the island of Korcula from 1941 to 1943»). Vienna 1948
- Piplatsch dreams. A gypsy book, Zurich 1949
- The oil gardens are on fire, 1956
literature
- Jens-Peter Cyprian: The literary work of Alexander Sacher-Masochs. An overview. In: Jaroslav Kovář / Aleš Urválek (eds.): German literature and the new challenges in research and teaching in the Czech Republic. Brno 2009, pp. 10-29.
- Jens-Peter Cyprian: Alexander Sacher-Masoch. Life and work. Dissertation at Palacký University in Olomouc, Faculty of Philosophy, Department of German-Moravian Literature, Chair of German Studies. Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci 2012. Online version as a PDF document
- Thomas Diecks: Sacher-Masoch, Alexander. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 22, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-428-11203-2 , p. 327 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Erwin Köstler : The Yugoslav War Experience in Austrian (Exile) Literature. in intermediate worlds. Zs. Der Theodor Kramer Gesellschaft Vol. 27, # 4, February 2011 ISSN 1606-4321 pp. 47-51; Sacher passim
Web links
- Literature by and about Alexander Sacher-Masoch in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry on Alexander Sacher-Masoch in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Sacher-Masoch, Alexander |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sacher Masoch, Alexander von |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 18, 1901 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vítkovice v Krkonoších |
DATE OF DEATH | 17th August 1972 |
Place of death | Vienna |