Edwin Rollett
Edwin Rollett (born January 24, 1889 in Graz , † December 7, 1964 in Vienna ) was an Austrian narrator, critic and publicist.
life and work
Edwin Rollett, son of the physiologist Alexander Rollett (1834–1903), who taught at the University of Graz from 1863 , studied German and classical philology at the universities of Graz and Prague from 1908 . After graduating as Dr. phil. In 1912 he received an editorial post at the Österreichische Rundschau in 1913 . In 1915 he was drafted into military service, came to the Isonzo Front and in 1916 was taken prisoner by the Russians . In 1921 he returned to Vienna, got a job at the Wiener Zeitung and expanded the cultural and theater section of the newspaper. He was also a correspondent for various Croatian newspapers and from 1928 to 1933 for the Münchner Zeitung . In 1938 he was appointed director of the Wiener Kleine Volks-Zeitung . Under the National Socialists he was sent to the Dachau and Flossenbürg concentration camps from 1938 to 1940 .
After the war he became head of the Ullstein publishing house in Vienna . Rollett was also editor of the New Austrian Biography from 1935 (Volume 8) and the series Ewiges Wort from 1946. From 1945 to 1951 he was also chairman of the Austrian Writers' Association .
His honorary grave is on the Grinzinger Friedhof (group 19, number 16) in Vienna.
Awards
- 1947: professional title professor
- 1949: Ring of Honor of the City of Vienna
- 1957: Prize of the City of Vienna for Journalism
Fonts (selection)
- -. Fritz Cecerle (music): The sinful world. A game in two acts . DAG - V (erlag) Gothia, Graz s. a., OBV .
- Franz Grillparzer , - (Ed.): Collected works . On the basis of the (old) critical (ical) edition (abe) organized by the municipality of Vienna. (Nine volumes). Schroll, Vienna 1923-25, OBV .
- Foreword . In: Walter von Molo : How they forced life. Novel . German Book Association, Berlin 1926, OBV .
- Graz. A renegade's congratulations. In: Wiener Zeitung , No. 226/1928 (CCXXV. Volume), September 29, 1928, p. 4 below, ff. (Online at ANNO ). .
- The bull . In: Waldemar Bonsels , Michael Biró (Ill.): Naemi . Glöckner-Verlag, Berlin / Vienna 1929, OBV .
- Leonhard Frank. For his 50th birthday on September 4th. In: Wiener Zeitung , No. 205/1932 (CCXXIX. Volume), September 4, 1932, p. 1 below f. (Online at ANNO ). .
- Russia books from the past and present. In: Wiener Zeitung , No. 260/1932 (CCXXIX. Volume), November 9, 1932, p. 1 below ff. (Online at ANNO ). .
- Max Mell. In: Wiener Zeitung , No. 261/1932 (CCXXIX. Volume), November 10, 1932, p. 9, bottom right. (Online at ANNO ). .
- Karl Kraus . Fromme, Vienna 1934, OBV .
- - (Red.): National Socialist or Communist? Theo Habicht . The Federal Commissioner for Propaganda, Vienna 1934, OBV .
- - (Red.): National Socialism, the second danger. A wake-up call to all Austrians . Rollett publishing house, Vienna 1935, OBV .
- - (Red.): The second danger. A wake-up call to all Austrians . Austrian Homeland Service , Vienna 1936, OBV .
- Viktor Matejka , Leopold Liegler , -: Call for the establishment of a Karl Kraus Society . Ueberreuter, Vienna 1945, OBV .
- Cultural duty and economic hardship . Waldheim-Eberle, Vienna 1946, OBV .
- Austrian contemporary literature. Task, situation, requirement . Neues Österreich (newspaper and publishing company), Vienna 1946, OBV .
- The writer in a democracy . (Memorandum). Waldheim-Eberle, Vienna 1947, OBV .
- Gottfried Keller , - (Ed.): The people of Seldwyla . (Two volumes). Ullstein, Vienna 1948, OBV .
- Conrad Ferdinand Meyer , - (Ed.): Novellas . (Two volumes). Ullstein, Vienna 1948, OBV .
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , - (Ed.): Faust. First and second part . Ullstein, Vienna 1949, OBV .
- The beautiful literature and its adversaries of today . (Memorandum). Association of Democratic Writers and Journalists of Austria, Vienna 1949, OBV .
- Moritz von Schwind , - (Ed.): Silhouettes from Baden . Printing and publishing house of the Austrian State Printing House, Vienna 1953, OBV .
- - (Red.): Burgtheater. Festschrift for the reopening in 1955 . Federal Theater Administration (ed.), Vienna 1955, OBV .
- Otto Stoessl , - (Ed., Introduction): Egon and Danitza. Narration . Stiasny, Graz / Vienna 1957, OBV . - Full text online .
- 75 years of the new Burgtheater . Federal Chancellery Federal Press Service, Vienna 1963, OBV .
- Variation . In: Otto Stoessl: The spirit of the elderly . Verlag Gratis und Franko, Vienna 1989, OBV .
literature
- Karin-Heidi Hackenberg: The critic, journalist and writer Edwin Rollett. A contribution to Viennese theater criticism in the 20th century . Dissertation. University of Vienna, Vienna 1985, OBV .
Web links
- Holdings in the catalogs of the Austrian National Library Vienna AL00041041 and AL00038466
- Entry on Edwin Rollett in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
Individual evidence
- ^ Edwin Rollett: Studies on Friedrich Spielhagen's romantic technique . Dissertation. University of Graz, Graz 1912, OBV .
- ^ Registration card in Dachau concentration camp (right). Arolsen Archives.
- ^ Estates in Austria - Personal Lexicon. Edwin Rollett (...) . In: data.onb.ac.at , March 2009, accessed on January 29, 2017.
- ↑ 40 Years of the Austrian Writers' Association of March 18, 2009, accessed on March 21, 2009
- ↑ Hedwig Abraham (Red.): Rollet Edwin, Prof. Dr. In: viennatouristguide.at , accessed on January 30, 2017.
- ↑ a b January 31, 1949: Ring of Honor of the City of Vienna for (...) Dr. Edwin Rollett . In: Gina Galeta (compilation): Vienna 1949: Reports from January 1949 , accessed on January 30, 2017.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Rollett, Edwin |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian narrator and publicist |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 24, 1889 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Graz |
DATE OF DEATH | 7th December 1964 |
Place of death | Vienna |