Carl Martin Eckmair
Carl Martin Eckmair (born October 28, 1907 in Eferding ; † September 25, 1984 there ) was an Austrian writer , journalist and educator .
education and profession
After graduating from the Stiftsgymnasium Wilhering (1928), he studied at the Federal Teachers' Training Institute in Linz and at the University of Vienna . From 1934 he taught in elementary schools in Eferding, Linz . From 1936 to 1945 he was a senior teacher and headmaster in Fürling near Gutau . From 1945 to 1947 he taught at the secondary school in Gallneukirchen . From 1948 to 1950 he worked for the Upper Austrian teacher health care. From 1951 he taught as a special school teacher in Linz. In 1960 he was appointed as the special school director in Linz Karlhof.
Literary works
His literary work includes poems , consecration games , school radio programs , radio plays , short stories and short stories .
- In the Viennese publisher Adolf Luser , Vienna, in 1944. His poetry collection beloved Earth published.
- Before that, the Berlin magazine Die Dame had awarded him its poetry prize in 1942 .
In the Upper Austrian publisher published:
- 1951 return to the heart
- 1957 It is still day
- 1967 Libra of Hope
- 1980 The little creed
journalist
Eckmair worked full-time in Vienna from 1928 to 1931 as a journalist and editor for the Reichspost and the Kleiner Volksblatt . In Upper Austria again, publications can be found in the Linzer Volksblatt (1933) and in the Heimatgauen (1935).
During the Nazi era he worked part -time for the Nazi weekly newspaper Bauernzeitung für Oberösterreich and occasionally wrote reports in the cultural department of the Vienna edition of the Völkischer Beobachter . During this time he was able to publish poems, short stories and short stories in various newspapers and magazines.
From 1950 to around 1963 he worked part-time at the Neue Volksblatt and in various Upper Austrian weekly newspapers.
Editors, associations
- In 1944, together with Herbert Sailer and Georg Schneider, he published the magazine " Stimm der Heimat" (Hamburg, Ellermann Verlag).
- In 1946, together with Karl Emmerich Baumgärtel and Maximilian Narbeshuber, he founded the Upper Austrian Writers' Association
- At the beginning of the 1950s he was President of the Upper Austrian Artists Association , where he contributed as an author to its publications Silberrose and Die Sammlung .
- From 1953 he acted as editor of the Upper Austrian school papers
- From 1956 he was chairman of the Upper Austrian Writers' Association in the Upper Austrian People's Education Center .
- In 1962 he was awarded the professional title of professor .
- Membership in the Innviertel Artists Guild
family
The writer was married to the writer Mimi (Hermine) Eckmair-Freudenthaler .
literature
References to publications in journals:
- Pfann Rudolf : Carl Martin Eckmair - 60 years , in: Mühlviertler Heimatblätter , magazine of the Mühlviertler artists' guild in Upper Austria. Volksbildungswerk, 7th year, 1967, issue 9/10, p. 3.
- Carl Hans Watzinger : Carl Martin Eckmair, in: Yearbook of the Innviertler Künstlergilde 1984/85, Ried, 1985, pp. 134 to 135
- Entry in: Andreas Klimt u. a., Joseph Kürschner's German Literature Calendar, Gerhard Lüdtke, Werner Schuder (Editor), Volume 3, 1999.
- Entry in: Wilhelm Kosch u. a., De Gruyter , German Literature Lexicon. The 20th Century, Volume 7, 2005
- Franziska Dzugan: Chamäleons im Blätterwald , Dissertation, University of Vienna, Institute for Media and Communication Studies, Vienna 2011
Web links
- Literature by and about Carl Martin Eckmair in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Literature on Carl Martin Eckmair in the forum OoeGeschichte.at
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eckmair, Carl Martin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eckmair, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian writer and educator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 28, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eferding |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 25, 1984 |
| Place of death | Eferding |