Carl Oskar Renner

Carl Oskar Renner at the IGA 1983

Carl Oskar Renner (born June 21, 1908 in Eichwald , Austria-Hungary , † January 27, 1998 in Munich ) was a Bavarian writer who became known through the novel about the Müllner-Peter von Sachrang .

Life

Carl Oskar Renner studied philosophy in Leuven , Innsbruck and Prague from 1927 to 1937 . After the war he worked as a teacher in Munich. At that time, Renner discovered an article: The Müllner-Peter von Sachrang. A universal genius from the Priental. By August Sieghardt, Grassau im Chiemgau . Based on subsequent research, a half-hour radio play version was created, which was broadcast on Bayerischer Rundfunk in 1956. Renner then published the novel Der Müllner-Peter von Sachrang in the 1960s , which Bayerischer Rundfunk used as the basis for the three-part television series Sachrang , which was first broadcast in 1978 . Further historical novels followed, including Der Rosenheimer Salzkrieg , Der Spion vom Peißenberg , Lieutenant Maximiliane Baronesse von Leithorst , Die Rose der Kaiserin and Die Schwedenplag 'am Inn .

In addition to his writing activities, Carl Oskar Renner was the author of numerous radio programs. Among other things, he received the Federal Cross of Merit, First Class. In 1983 he was awarded the Bavarian Poet Thaler by the Munich tower writers .

Homage

Carl Oskar Renner has written several plays for the historical theater Buchenberg . The Allgäu amateur theater group repeated the play The Roman Road on its 100th birthday and a picture exhibition took place in the local history museum.

Works

• The legacy of the Radlmeier. Rosenheimer Verlagshaus , Rosenheim 2015, ISBN 978-3-475-54478-1 .
• The Duke's pledge. Rosenheimer Verlagshaus , Rosenheim 2014, ISBN 978-3-475-54305-0 .
• The Aschauer. Rosenheimer Verlagshaus, Rosenheim 2014, ISBN 978-3-475-54259-6 .
• The Müllner-Peter von Sachrang. Rosenheimer Verlagshaus, Rosenheim 2013, ISBN 978-3-475-54213-8 .
• About the fate of Johann Rieder. Rosenheimer Verlagshaus, Rosenheim 2013, ISBN 978-3-475-54186-5 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Carl Oskar Renner in the catalog of the German National Library