Franz Keim
Franz Keim (born December 28, 1840 in Stadl-Paura , Upper Austria ; † June 27, 1918 in Brunn am Gebirge , Lower Austria ) was an Austrian writer .
Life
Franz Keim, who was born in Upper Austria in 1840, began studying at the University of Vienna in 1860 . Since his parents could no longer support him financially, he had to break off his studies early. He started various activities. So he was with the Navy in Trieste . He also worked as a tutor, just as he did for the Southern Railway Company . During this time he began his literary work and his drama Sulamith emerged , which was also performed at the Vienna City Theater and the Burgtheater . This success enabled him to continue his studies and finally finish it in 1874.
After completing his studies, he worked as a high school teacher in St. Pölten until 1898. There he met Rilke . From 1902 until 1913 he lived in Vienna-Döbling . From there he moved to Brunn am Gebirge to house number 12 of the Art Nouveau houses in the street that is named after him today, where he also died. He is buried at the cemetery in a grave of honor in the city of Mödling .
Act
In 1908 the first edition of "Die Nibelungen. Dem Deutschen Volke re-tales" appeared as number 22 in Gerlach's youth library of the Viennese publisher Gerlach & Wiedling . Franz Keim's text was a new version of the Nibelungenlied aimed at children and in this respect differs from the other volumes from Gerlach's youth library. The pictures and furnishings were done by the commercial artist Carl Otto Czeschka . According to Hans Ries, Czeschka's Nibelungs are among the top works in book illustration.
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Keim had a German national sentiment and mainly wrote folk plays from the history of Lower Austria .
- Collected works, 5 volumes, 1912/13 (with autobiography).
- The Nibelungs, retold to the German people. Pictures and equipment by CO Czeschka. Vienna and Leipzig, 1908/09.
Appreciation
On October 5, 1924, a memorial in his honor was unveiled in Wertheimsteinpark in Vienna- Döbling (19th district). In 1933 the Keimweg in Vienna- Donaustadt (22nd district) was named after him, as was Franz Keimgasse in Mödling . A memorial plaque is attached to house number 12 in the street named after him in Brunn am Gebirge, where he last lived and died.
literature
- O. Scholz: F. Keim as a dramatist , dissertation, Vienna 1928
- Keim Franz. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 3, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1965, p. 283.
- Gerhard Winkler: Keim, Franz. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1977, ISBN 3-428-00192-3 , p. 409 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Hans Peter Buohler: [Art.] Keim, Franz. In: Killy Literature Lexicon. Authors and works from the German-speaking cultural area. Lim. by Walther Killy, ed. by Wilhelm Kühlmann (among others). Second, completely revised. Edition. Volume 6. Berlin and New York: de Gruyter, 2009, ISBN 978-3-11-021393-5 , p. 340.
Web links
- Literature by and about Franz Keim in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry on Franz Keim in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
- Entry for Franz Keim in the database of the state's memory for the history of the state of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )
- Works by Franz Keim in the Gutenberg-DE project
- Stage plays on the Internet Archive: The master student (1881), The Steinfeldmärchen (1892).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mödlinger Friedhofsführer , 2017, p. 23, online
- ↑ Hans Ries: Illustration and Illustrators of Children's and Young People's Books in the German-Speaking Area 1871-1914, Verlag H. Th. Wenner, 1992
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Keim, Franz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian lyric poet and playwright |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 28, 1840 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stadl-Paura , Upper Austria |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 27, 1918 |
| Place of death | Brunn am Gebirge , Lower Austria |