Emil Scholl
Emil Scholl ( January 4, 1875 in Vienna - May 30, 1940 in Charleville-Mézières ) was an Austrian author.
life and work
The naval officer Emil Jolles had converted from Jewish to Christianity in 1901 (Protestant from 1904) and then adopted the name Scholl in 1907. He learned porcelain painting in Vienna and attended business school, after which he became an assistant at the Technological Trade Museum. In 1899 he entered the military and became provisional plant manager for the former laboratory at the Navy in Pola. In 1906 he was retired due to illness and decommissioned in 1910. During his military service he had made up his Matura (1905) and studied natural sciences at the University of Vienna until 1910 . His doctorate took place in 1909.
While still a student he wrote his first novel "Arnold Bach" , which appeared in 1908. This was followed by "Das Kuckuckskind" in 1911 and then the two historical novels Der Rosstäuscher from 1920 and The Last Duke from 1923. The reviewer Paul Friedrich spoke of the latter in the magazine Die Literatur 26, 1923/24, p. 13 approaches to a tighter characteristic and more attractive spinning out of a cultural-historical template than some of the works published at the same time. Emil Scholl also wrote The Adventure (1921). In 1927 he received the Vienna Volkstheaterpreis .
In 1938 he fled Austria, originally he wanted to go to the Belgian Congo, made it to Belgium and then fled to France. During the escape he was separated from his wife Agnes. Emil Scholl died on May 30, 1940 in Charleville-Mézières. His wife Agnes was deported to Auschwitz on January 15, 1944 and murdered.
The Austrian journalist Susanne Scholl is his granddaughter.
literature
- E. Life: Scholl Emil. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 11, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-7001-2803-7 , p. 115 f. (Direct links on p. 115 , p. 116 ).
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- Biography and Bibliography
- Felix Czeike: Historical Lexicon Vienna , Volume 5, Vienna 2004
Web links
- Literature by and about Emil Scholl in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Scholl, Emil |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jolles, Emil (birth name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 4, 1875 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 30, 1940 |
| Place of death | Charleville-Mezieres |