Egid Filek von Wittinghausen

Egid Filek von Wittinghausen (also Egid Filek or E. Witting ; born January 18, 1874 in Vienna ; † April 20, 1949 there ) was an Austrian writer .

Life

Egid Filek studied Jus and philosophy; he graduated with the Dr. phil. from. By profession he was a high school teacher, first in Iglau , 1900 in Brno and from 1904 in Vienna. In 1922 he retired. He was married to Boda Maria Kreutzer. Since the beginning of the 20th century, Filek was also active as a writer. 1898–1908 he headed the youth magazine Gaudeamus , in 1917 the boy scout magazine Jung-Österreich . After his death, Filek was buried in the Vienna Central Cemetery.

power

As a writer, Egid Filek wrote short stories and novels which, in addition to issues of the time, deal primarily with historical topics in Vienna and Austria. In addition, he wrote a number of homeland and landscape books, which enjoyed wide distribution and great popularity.

Works and writings

• Place and time of the Battle of Zama . Carl Gerold's son, Vienna 1897
• Friuli and its enclaves . Carl Fromme, Vienna 1898
• Austrian history . Publishing house for art and science, Leipzig 1899
• Hydrography of the district above the Vienna Woods . Iglau 1899
• My spring. Novella . 1900
• Austerlitz. A historical study . Brno 1901
• Frescoes . Carl Winiker, Brno 1903
• Sketches . 1903
• Matura questions from history and patriotism . Franz Deuticke, Vienna 1905
• The geographical views of Titus Lucretius Carus. A contribution to the history of geography . Vienna 1910
• A fool of the heart. Novel . 1910
• Mimi's supply. Novel . Vita, Berlin 1913 (problem of women's studies)
• The black bag . Klagenfurt 1918
• Constable Pummer. Novel . Ullstein, Berlin 1918
• Anacreon's tomb. Novella . 1918 (via Hugo Wolf)
• Where Dieter found his home. Historical narrative . Austrian school book publisher, Vienna 1920 (Hussite period)
• The miraculous change of Mr. Melander . Carl Ronegen, Vienna 1921 (novel from the time of Sweden)
• The black line. A Grillparzer story . Vienna 1922
• The maids of Paulowitz. Novella . 1924
• Hikes in the Styrian Ennstal. From Selztal to Schladming. A home book . Austrian school book publisher, Vienna 1924
• Vienna Woods. A landscape book . Austrian school book publisher, Vienna 1924
• A happy Rax booklet . Mödlinger Nachrichten-Verlag, Mödling 1925
• Of the happiness of the poor devils. Novellas . A. Hartleben's, Vienna-Leipzig 1925 - Austrian library 11 / 2A
• Gustav Jahn . A painter's and mountaineering life . Eckart-Verlag, Vienna 1927
• From Semmering to Bolzano. A hiking book through our alpine valleys . Reichenstein-Verlag, Vienna 1928
• Confusion in Magdalenenbad. Novel . Franke, Berlin 1939
• Contemplative watch ride . Wiener Verlag Ernst Sopper & Karl Bauer , Vienna 1944
• Come with me to Schönbrunn . Wiener Verlag Ernst Sopper & Karl Bauer, Vienna 1944
• City in need. Novel . Wiener Verlag, Vienna 1947 (novel about the Turkish siege of Vienna)
• Novellas about Grillparzer . Landesverlag, Linz 1948
• Come with me to the Wachau . Wiener Verlag, Vienna 1948
• Come with me to the Vienna Woods . Wiener Verlag, Vienna 1949

literature

• Maria Reitter: Egid Filek. A monograph . Dissertation. Vienna, 1949
• Filek-Wittinghausen Egid from. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 314.

Web links

• Literature by and about Egid Filek von Wittinghausen in the catalog of the German National Library