Franz Friedrich Masaidek

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Franz Friedrich Masaidek , pseudonym Argus (born October 4, 1840 in Vienna ; † April 6, 1911 there ) was an Austrian writer and journalist .

Life

Born as the son of a master furrier , he learned his craft and ran his father's business from 1861 to 1864.

As early as 1858 he wrote humorous feature articles , including in the Wiener Vorstadtzeitung , the Wanderer and the Ostdeutsche Rundschau . In 1862 he became one of the main employees of the satirical magazine Figaro for many years , where he also worked with one of his friends, Ludwig Anzengruber . In 1863 he was Conkneipant the fraternity Olympia Vienna . In 1866 he was the editor of the weekly newspaper Die Sturmglocke , which appeared during the German War . He later became an employee and editor-in-chief of the anti-Semitic Kikeriki as well as a columnist for the Deutsche Zeitung . He also wrote calendar stories for the Lahrer Hinkenden Boten and the Vienna Almanach . For more than ten years he was an employee of Georg Büchmann , for whose winged words he wrote numerous articles.

From the 1860s he appeared as a radical public speaker and assembly speaker as well as a political agitator . In 1882 he founded the German National Association with Georg von Schönerer . He was a member of the board until its official dissolution in 1889. He became a supporter of Karl Lueger and spokesman for the United Christians .

In 1900 he wrote aphoristic glosses in the Wiener Neuesten Nachrichten under the title Wiener Gasflammen . In 1904 he worked for the satirical newspaper Der liebe Augustin , and in 1908 for the Fliegende Blätter .

In the last years of his life he was sick and bitter. On the basis of a resolution by the Vienna City Council in 1907, he received an honorary pension due to his writing activities. He received another honorary pension from the journalists and writers' association Concordia .

Publications (selection)

  • Gimpelmeyer's drive to the coronation in Pest. Vienna 1867. ( Online )
  • Staberl as a tour guide in Vienna and the surrounding area. Vienna 1868. ( Online )
  • The political world plague, or liberalism in the true light according to contemporary history. From a friend of people and states. Vienna 1870.
  • Vienna and the Viennese from a mocking bird's eye view: Vienna's sights, oddities and worthlessness. Vienna 1873. ( Online )
  • Georg Schönerer, a protective and trusteeship from a German national. 4th edition, Vienna 1887.
  • Loose thoughts. Vienna 1891.
  • Georg Schönerer and the German National Movement. Vienna 1898.

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personal data
SURNAME Masaidek, Franz Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Argus (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH October 4, 1840
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH April 6, 1911
Place of death Vienna