Erwin Engel

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Erwin Engel (pseudonym: Tobias Ängstlich ) (born June 17, 1881 in Vienna (?); † after 1941 in Shanghai (?)) Was an Austrian bookseller, publisher, actor, cabaret artist and emcee.

Booksellers and publishers

Erwin Engel was a trained bookseller. On April 23, 1912 he became a partner in A. Mejstrik's book, art and music trade and antiquarian bookshop in Vienna 1st, Wollzeile 6–8, founded in 1878, together with Leopold Misner, who was later replaced by Max (Mayer) Präger. Engel was the sole owner from May 5, 1920. On April 2, 1929, Max Präger came back as a partner. Engel resigned from the company on July 1, 1933. A. Mejstrik's antiquarian bookshop was closed under duress in 1941.

On July 16, 1913, Engel and Misner became partners in the bookstore and the Richard Löwit publishing house at Rotenturmstrasse 22, 1010 Vienna. I.a. Fritz Löhner-Beda , Miriam Singer and Theodor Reik published in the publishing house, which also published Zionist publications. Misner was replaced by Präger in 1914. Engel resigned in February 1920.

On August 1, 1919, Engel founded the Nestroy publishing house, which was not recorded by the commercial court and whose registered office was also 1010, Wollzeile 6-8. Humoristic and booklets with lecture and variety hits were published. The authors were Fritz Löhner-Beda, Fritz Grünbaum, Ralph Benatzky, Armin Berg etc. The Nestroy publishing house ceased operations in 1926 or 1927.

Actor and emcee

Engel began his stage career in 1901. In Vienna in the 1920s he appeared as an emcee and was named a star of the scene alongside Karl Farkas and Fritz Grünbaum . For example, it is featured in the program booklet for the Capua Concert Café in week 7–13. November 1925 called.

Exile in Shanghai

Because of the persecution during the Nazi era , he emigrated to Shanghai, where he performed with the ensemble “The Seven Actors” and helped shape the cultural life there. He died in emigration; his date of death is unknown.

Works

  • Robert Weil , Erwin Engel: Wiener Schnitzel, served by Homunculus and Ängstlich . (Issues 1-3). Pollak, 3rd issue, Vienna (approx. 1910), 1st issue, 2nd edition 1912

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jürgen Gottschalk: The almost forgotten homunculus. Retrieved May 20, 2016 .
  2. ↑ On the history of the antiquarian book trade in Vienna. Retrieved May 20, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Österreichische Verlagsgeschichte, Volume 2. Retrieved on May 20, 2016 .
  4. ^ Georg Hupfer: On the history of the antiquarian book trade in Vienna. Retrieved May 20, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Österreichische Verlagsgeschichte Volume 2. Accessed on May 20, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Last Exit Shanghai. Retrieved May 20, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Music dictionary. Retrieved May 20, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Program from November 12, 1925 for the week November 7-13, 1925. Retrieved May 20, 2016 .
  9. ↑ Last exit Shanghai. Retrieved May 20, 2016 .
  10. ^ Austrian literature in exile. Retrieved May 20, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Engel, Erwin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Afraid, Tobias (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian bookseller, publisher, actor, cabaret artist and emcee
DATE OF BIRTH June 17, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH unsure: Vienna
DATE OF DEATH after 1941
Place of death unsure: Shanghai