Anton Pariser

Anton Pariser (born October 15, 1890 in Vienna , † January 22, 1965 in Paris ) was an Austrian popular educator and translator .

Life

Anton Pariser's parents were Alexander Pariser, who runs a shop for kitchen appliances, and Karoline Pariser (née Schidlof). He studied at the University of Vienna , got a doctorate in law and works as a bank clerk. He became deputy board member in the commercial secretariat of the Länderbank . He married Josefine Blankenberg and in April 1927 daughter Magdalena (Lene) was born. The family lived in the Vienna district of Hietzing , where he was involved in workers 'education and became a member of the Social Democratic Workers' Party of German Austria .

During this time, Anton Pariser emerged as a literary translator of French poetry. He translated François Villon , Pierre de Ronsard and, after 1945, French poems by Rainer Maria Rilke . In October 1929 he read his as yet unpublished translation of Louise Labé's sonnets . Two years later his adaptations were published in Strasbourg. He resigned from the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde in April 1932 and became more involved in the social democratic teaching organization Hietzing. He led advanced training courses such as the basics of Marxist thought and French for beginners . In the Association of Socialist Writers he held the position of cashier .

In April, May and November 1938, he and his wife were in protective custody for several weeks . In August 1938 he lost his position at the Länderbank. On November 10, 1938, his home was ransacked. In January 1939 the family fled to France, where Anton Pariser was interned as an "enemy foreigner" and stayed there until January 1941. Among other things, he was imprisoned in the Gurs camp. His wife Josefine died on December 23, 1940 from the exertions of flight and emigration. Anton Pariser, his daughter Magdalena and his sister-in-law Hedwig Blankenberg could no longer leave France and, with the help of French anti-fascists, hid in a hut in a vineyard in Lafrançaise near Montauban from August 1942 to August 1944 .

After the liberation of France, he took care of the dispersed Austrian refugees. He later became involved in the "Group of Austrian Socialists in France" and was its leader from 1951. He was also secretary of the Union of Austrians in France. He first found work in a bank, then he worked in the Austrian cultural institute in Paris. He continued to translate French poetry. By Alfred Doblin you can in the blurb to Anton Parisers 1961 published book The early days of French poetry. Poems from five centuries in the original text and in German read that the translations are "among the best that have ever existed".

Shortly after Anton Pariser's death in Paris in 1965, his daughter, who was now living as a doctor in Geneva, committed suicide.

Translations

• Sonnets by Louise Labé. Lyon 1555. Introduced and translated by Anton Pariser. Strasbourg 1931
• The early days of French poetry. Poems from five centuries in the original text and in German . Selected and transferred by Anton Pariser. Vienna 1961

literature

• Herbert Exenberger : Anton Pariser, Committed to social democratic cultural and educational work . In: Paul Pasteur , Christine Mondon : À la recherche de l'austriacité. Rouen 2003. pp. 121-130

Web links

• Entry in the Herbert Exenberger archive of the Theodor Kramer Society .