Anton Renk

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Anton Renk

Anton Renk (born September 10, 1871 in Innsbruck ; † February 2, 1906 there ) was a Tyrolean writer and folklorist.

Life

Renk's father was the owner of a spice shop in Innsbruck . Both parents died very early, and Renk grew up with his grandmother. From 1890 to 1898 he studied philosophy and German in Innsbruck, but could not finish his studies. During his studies he also completed semesters abroad at the universities of Zurich and Vienna . He was particularly fond of staying in Kufstein and with relatives in Fendels in the Tyrolean Upper Court . He made several trips to Italy , which, in addition to Tyrol, served as the setting for his literary works.

Anton Renk died of the consequences of an inflammation of the ribs and pneumonia. He was buried in the municipal cemetery in Innsbruck. 

Anton Renk's poem "Tiroler und Buren" (excerpt), own compilation.

Literary work

Renk was already active in literature while he was still at high school in Innsbruck. His first publication, Ranken , appeared in 1894, during his student days, in the publishing house of the Wagner University Bookstore in Innsbruck. Anton Renk was also part of the editorial team of " Scherer ", the national liberal satirical magazine in Tyrol. Little attention was paid to Renk's work during his lifetime. After his death there was a stronger, also supra-regional interest in his literary legacy, but for the most part he was denied inclusion in the literary canon.

example

Last poem. Written on the night of January 30th to 31st, 1906.

   Today is not right - tell me what you want;
   Do you hear how far the thunder rolls in the cirque?

   And it's dark, the stars are afraid. . .
   Who was it who crept so quietly at the window -

   The rye-
   heads know all kinds of things And whisper it to themselves and shake their heads.

   The weather is coming - close the windows! - The noise!
   The storm threw a stone from our roof.

   There the moon comes and with a dull glow paints
   a black cross on the living room floor.

   Listen, was that not the distant Buhin's cry -
   Today someone else dies - Savior, help us!


(from Anton Renk: Unter Föhren und Cypressen. Georg Müller Verlag, Munich and Leipzig 1907)

Alpine Club

Renk was an avid mountaineer and is the first to climb the Alten Mannes and the Kuppkarlesspitze in the Glockturmkamm in the Ötztal Alps. Not far from these mountains is the Anton-Renk-Hütte , named after him , a self -catering hut of the German Alpine Club , Aachen section.

Folklore

Anton Renk was the founder of the Academic Association for Tyrolean and Vorarlberg local history and dealt primarily with customs and legends.

Others

Renk was also a pacifist and founded the Academic Peace Association Innsbruck. In particular, he was committed to peace in South Africa, where the Second Boer War raged from 1899–1902 . Renk sided with the Boer republics and was a staunch opponent of British imperialism . He denounced the war crimes of the British army in several poems that were collected in the poetry book "Tiroler und Buren".

Works

  • Tendrils. Poems. Wagner, Innsbruck 1894. - Full text online at ALO .
  • Is it good? Zurich 1894
  • Kisses. Kufstein: Lippott 1895, 19 pp.
  • The snow Queen. Dramatic poetry. Innsbruck: Edlinger 1896, 23 pp.
  • To the new country. Dramatic symbol. St. Ludwig, Basel, Leipzig: Kattentidt [1896], 21 pp.
  • A fool. Nouvelette. Self-published 1897, 12 pp.
  • In the uppermost part of Tyrol. Innsbruck: Wagner 1897, 96 pp.
  • Pax vobiscum! (Together with Karl Newesely) Vorw. Peter Rosegger . Munich, Leipzig: Schupp 1897, 105 pp.
  • Young Tyrol. A modern muse almanac from the Tyrolean mountains. Edited by Hugo Greinz and Heinrich von Schullern . In connection with Josef Heimfelsen, Rudolf Christoph Jenny, Franz Kranewitter, Franz Lechleitner, Heinrich Povinelli, Anton Renk and Arthur von Wallpach . Leipzig: Georg Heinrich Meyer 1899
  • From the Feirtigschuel to the Hoachzetroas. Innsbruck: Wagner 1899, 16 pp.
  • Under two suns. Nocturno. Munich, Leipzig: Schupp 1899, 210 pp.
  • Death in the Alps. Innsbruck: Wagner 1900, 97 pp.
  • Tyroleans and Boers. Innsbruck: Schererverlag [1901], 51 pp.
  • War and peace. Innsbruck 1901
  • Over the firnen - under the stars. Poems. Linz: Österreichische Verlagsanstalt 1902, 201 pp.
  • Schönruh and its surroundings. Monograph. With pictures by N. Lechner. Innsbruck: Haid 1904, 63 pp.
  • Arlbergbahn and Lake Constance. Monograph. Innsbruck, Lienz: Hans Moser 1904
  • Sonnwendbuch. Innsbruck: Publishing House of the Solstice Celebration Committee 1904, 69 pp.
  • Cabbage and Ruebn. Little stories from Tyrol. Linz: Upper Austrian Book Printing and Publishing Company 1904, 248 pp.
  • Old Innsbruck. Ill. N. Lechner. Innsbruck: Lamp 1905, 67 pp.
  • Bergbrevier. Mountain members from Tyrol. In connection with Anton Renk, Alexander Burckhardt, Karl Dallago and Paul Rossi ed. by Arthur von Wallpach. Innsbruck: Edlinger 1905, 144 pp.
  • Alpine Club Festival of the Innsbruck Section on 4. February 1905 in the city hall. Ill. By Max Schammler. Innsbruck: Fuchs and Schammler 1905, 8 sheets p.
  • Prologue to celebrate Mozart's 150th birthday. January 12, 1906. Innsbruck: Wagner 1906
  • Festschrift for the winter festival of the Innsbruck section of the D. and Ö. AV on February 3, 1906. Innsbruck 1906
  • Anton Renk's works. Over the firnen. Under the stars. The poems of the first volume. With an introduction by Franz Kranewitter. Published by Jungtirol. Georg Müller, Munich / Leipzig 1907. - Full text online at ALO .
  • Anton Renk's works. Under pines and cypress trees. The poems second volume. With a portrait of Anton Renk. Published by Jungtirol. Georg Müller, Munich / Leipzig 1907. - Full text online at ALO .
  • Anton Renk's works. Stories. The prose writings of the first volume. Published by Jungtirol. Georg Müller, Munich / Leipzig 1908. - Full text online at ALO .
  • Anton Renk's works. On the hike. The prose writings second volume. Published by Jungtirol. Georg Müller, Munich / Leipzig 1908. - Full text online at ALO .
  • Selected Works. Ed. Adolf Pichler Parish. Inlet Franz Kranewitter. Innsbruck: Wagner 1931, 280 pp.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Christine Riccabona, Anton Unterkircher: Anton Renk . In: orawww.uibk.ac.at , Brenner Archive Research Institute, August 18, 2011, accessed on September 2, 2011.

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personal data
SURNAME Renk, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Tyrolean writer and folklorist
DATE OF BIRTH September 10, 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH innsbruck
DATE OF DEATH February 2, 1906
Place of death innsbruck