Felix Langer (writer)

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Felix Langer (born June 18, 1889 in Brno , Austria-Hungary ; died June 4, 1979 in London ) was an Austrian writer , playwright , journalist and theater critic . He also wrote under the pseudonym Abranto or Felix Abranto .

Life

Felix Langer was born the son of a Moravian businessman. He studied law in Vienna and received his doctorate in 1914. From 1915 to 1918 he was a soldier in the First World War . From 1920 to 1933 he worked as a theater critic and writer in Berlin . As a board member of the German Dramatists' Association, Langer published their monthly journal of the same name.

In 1933 he emigrated to Czechoslovakia . There he worked on various newspapers in exile and was actively involved in literature against racial hatred and anti-Semitism . In May 1939 he fled to London, where he lived as a playwright, storyteller and author of radio plays until his death.

Works (selection)

  • Dreaming , Dresden 1909
  • Lore Ley , Munich 1913
  • The bad fate , Munich 1914
  • The colonel , Weimar 1923
  • Münchhausen's Metamorphosis , Weimar 1924
  • Erotic Passion , Berlin 1926
  • Jubilee Almanac , Berlin 1928
  • The Queen , Berlin 1932
  • The Protocols of the Elders of Zion , Vienna 1934
  • Stepping stones to peace , London 1943
  • Light in the twilight , Henn, 1978

literature

  • Joseph Walk (ed.): Short biographies on the history of the Jews 1918–1945. Edited by the Leo Baeck Institute, Jerusalem. Saur, Munich 1988, ISBN 3-598-10477-4 .
  • Langer, Felix. In: Lexicon of German-Jewish Authors . Volume 15: Kura – Lewa. Edited by the Bibliographia Judaica archive. Saur, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-598-22695-3 , pp. 146-152.
  • Doris Bellach-Multerer: Felix Langer: Life and work of a German-speaking poet from Brno . Diss., Vienna 2003.
  • Werner Röder; Herbert A. Strauss (Ed.): International Biographical Dictionary of Central European Emigrés 1933-1945 . Volume 2.2. Munich: Saur, 1983 ISBN 3-598-10089-2 , p. 691

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personal data
SURNAME Langer, Felix
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Abranto; Abranto, Felix
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer
DATE OF BIRTH June 18, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Brno
DATE OF DEATH 4th June 1979
Place of death London