Erik Wickenburg
Count Erik Wickenburg , pseudonym Robert von den Steinen (born January 19, 1903 in Kasern , Bergheim municipality , Duchy of Salzburg ; † September 7, 1998 in Salzburg ) was an Austrian journalist and writer .
Life
Wickenburg, pseudonym Robert (von den) Steinen, was the grandson of the writer Albrecht von Wickenburg (1839–1911) and great-grandson of the Governor of Styria Matthias Constantin Capello von Wickenburg . After leaving school at Schottengymnasium he spent several semesters studying German at the Universities of Vienna and Munich . He worked in business until he was 25 years old. From 1928 to 1942 he worked as a features editor for the Frankfurter Zeitung . Wickenburg served in World War II . From 1945 he worked as a writer in Austria and joined the editorial team at the Wiener Bühne . After its closure in 1949, he took over the feature section of the Stuttgarter Zeitung . From 1951 he was Austria correspondent and world theater critic . Wickenburg was on the board of the Karl Kraus Society. From March 19, 1980 to November 17, 1988 he was President of the Austrian PEN Club. He was a holder of high awards.
Awards
- 1963 Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
- 1978 Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art
- 1982 Gold Medal of Honor from the Federal Capital Vienna
Works (selection)
prose
- Baroque and Kaiserschmarrn (1961)
- Austria as it is not in the dictionary (1969)
- Salzburg Gloria (1938)
- Salzburg for Beginners (1963)
Novels
- Colors for a Children's Landscape (1932)
- Florian (1940)
- The Companion (1943)
- Florian. Resi (1970)
literature
- DBE - German Biographical Encyclopedia (2008). Entry "Wickenburg, Erik Graf". Second, revised and expanded edition. Volume 10 Thies - Zymalkowsi. Ed. Rudolf Vierhaus. Berlin: De Gruyter. P. 554.
- Roman Roček (2000). Glamor and misery of the PEN biography of a literary club . Vienna / Cologne / Weimar: Böhlau.
- Elisabeth Schawerda (1992). "Wickenburg, Erik Graf". In: Killy, Walther (ed.). Literary dictionary. Authors and works in German . Volume 12. Gütersloh / Munich: Bertelsmann Lexikon Verlag. P. 290.
- Robert Teichl (1951). Austrians of the present. Lexicon of creative and creative contemporaries . Vienna: Austrian State Printing Office. P. 335.
Web links
- Literature by and about Erik Wickenburg in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry on Erik Wickenburg in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
- Audio recordings with Erik Wickenburg in the online archive of the Austrian Mediathek (lecture, readings, interviews)
Individual evidence
- ^ Erik Wickenburg in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wickenburg, Erik |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Steinen, Robert von den (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian journalist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 19, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kasern , Bergheim municipality , Duchy of Salzburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 7, 1998 |
| Place of death | Salzburg - Kasern , State of Salzburg , Austria |