Emil Nack

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Emil Nack (born July 3, 1892 in Prague ; † May 25, 1976 ) was an Austrian non-fiction author for historical topics, especially for young people.

Life

Nack, the son of Kaaden (now Kadaň ) of Sudeten German parents, went to high school in Vienna and completed a degree in German and Classical Studies at Vienna University , which he completed with a doctorate . Then he was a high school teacher and professor at the Academy for Music and Performing Arts .

He wrote books on classical antiquity, Egypt, mythology and the Germanic peoples. He also wrote monographs on Eduard Mörike (1925), Justinus Kerner (1926), Reuter and Rosegger (1931) and edited the work of Bruno Ertler . He was awarded the German Youth Book Prize for his youth books. His youth books have also been translated into Spanish.

Nack was buried on June 3, 1976 in the Hietzinger Friedhof .

Fonts

  • The Roman Empire: Country, People, History, German Book Association 1959, new Vienna, Ueberreuter 1976
  • Ancient Egypt and the Near East, Ueberreuter 1962
  • Gods, heroes and demons: Mythology of the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans and Teutons, Vienna, Ueberreuter 1968
  • Hellas. Land and people of the ancient Greeks, Ueberreuter 1975
  • Germania. Countries and peoples of the Germanic tribes, Ueberreuter 1977
  • The Germans. Countries and peoples of the Germanic peoples, Neue Kindlers Kulturgeschichte 1976
  • Legends from Vienna, Ueberreuter 2001

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Hubert Partisch: Austrians from Sudeten German tribe, Volume 7, Typographische Anstalt, 1970
  2. ^ Friedhöfe Wien, search for the dead: Nack Emil ; accessed on Dec. 14, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Nack, Emil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian non-fiction author
DATE OF BIRTH July 3, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague
DATE OF DEATH May 25, 1976