Ferdinand Kögl

Ferdinand Kögl (born May 17, 1890 in Linz , † 1956 ) was an Austrian musician and writer, where he also used the pseudonyms Ferdinand Hansen, Arthur Kirk and Tom Tenk.

life and work

The son of a large working-class family became interested in music at an early age before becoming a military musician at the age of 17 . He studied flute, organ, piano and music theory at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and at the Vienna Conservatory . He then worked as an orchestral musician in Vienna from 1922.

In 1934, at the age of 44, he turned to writing and published his first book. The artist wrote numerous novels, which also gained international fame.

With his work Die Donaufischer he made his breakthrough as a novelist in 1941. A short time later, the essay volume The cheerful friendliness appeared , which was followed by several novels. He describes his career from musician to author in the autobiographical youth novel Die Gottesgeige . Two other works were the books We Are the Fathers , published in 1950, and the animal novel Rabuschka, the hooded crow . His plays, the comedy Tanz der Idole were premiered in the Scala Theater in Vienna and the tragedy Johannes 1930 in Linz.

Other works

The silver flute
Music of the little days
Franziska
The portrait of a missing person , 1946
Letter from Siam. Detective novel , 1948 (as Arthur Kirk).

Honors

1950 Medal of Honor of the Federal Capital Vienna
In 1965 a street in Linz was named after him, it connects Derfflingerstraße with Lederergasse and is located in the center of Linz

literature

Heinz Rieder: Kögl, Ferdinand. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-428-00193-1 , p. 297 ( digitized version ).

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personal data
SURNAME	Kögl, Ferdinand
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian musician and writer
DATE OF BIRTH	May 17, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH	Linz
DATE OF DEATH	1956