Franz Richter (writer)

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Franz Richter (born January 16, 1920 in Vienna ; † May 1, 2010 ) was an Austrian writer.

Life

After completing high school, Franz Richter began studying music as a violinist with Willi Boskovsky at the University of Vienna. In 1940 he was drafted into the German Wehrmacht and in the turmoil of the last weeks of the war on the Pomeranian Lake District, he was taken prisoner by the Soviets in March 1945. It was not until 1948 that he was able to return to Austria from captivity and - as a "working student" in addition to working as a teacher at a Viennese vocational school - continued his studies that had been interrupted by the events of the war. phil. He then worked at various schools in Vienna ( Wiener Handelsakademie , most recently at the “ Theresianum ”) as a professor of chemistry. For chemistry lessons at secondary schools, he also wrote, together with his colleague Dr. Anton Seidl, several textbooks, the success of which provided him with the necessary means for his literary work as a poet and essayist.

In addition to his work as a teacher and writer, Franz Richter was also involved throughout his life in the field of art and culture, as a member of funding associations and art senates, as a sensitive and incorruptible reviewer for literary magazines and was able to manage many - young as well as older, already forgotten - Promote talent. Together with his wife, who shared and promoted his diverse musical inclinations as a violoncello soloist, Franz Richter maintained the almost extinct art form " house music " at a high level into old age - in constant contact with his large circle of friends from the field of music (e.g. Horst Ebenhöh, Reinhold Gabriel and others).

Memberships and functions

  • Honorary membership of the Austrian PEN Club, the Austrian Writers' Association and the WH Auden Society.
  • 1975–1979: President of the Austrian Writers' Association
  • 1976–1990: General Secretary of the Austrian PEN Club
  • 1979–1996: Delegate to the listeners 'and viewers' representatives of the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation
  • Member of the literary circle PODIUM, the IG Autorinnen Authors, the Humboldt Society, Mannheim, and the Société européenne de culture, Venice.

Prizes and awards

Works

Books

  • We who live on the border . Poems. Youth and People, Vienna 1955.
  • Dawn of the past . Poems. Bergland, Vienna 1964.
  • Diogenes - ultraviolet . Novel. Stiasny, Graz 1964.
  • We live chemically . Non-fiction. Youth and People, 1967.
  • No Flood for Noah - The threefold simplicity . Two games between belief and doubt. Bergland, Vienna 1968.
  • Humanimales . Fables. (Illustrations: Thomas Moog). Youth and People, Vienna 1969.
  • Way of the Cross . Reliefs by Horst Aschermann. Press and sales in Austria, Vienna 1971.
  • Cosmo-Rhythm . Appeals and correspondences. (Afterword: Kurt Adel). Bergland, Vienna 1973.
  • In the tropic of the flower . Essays on Plant Aesthetics. (Illustrations: Horst Aschermann). Vienna 1975, ISBN 3-203-50504-5 .
  • Arid area . Poems. Vlg. Grasl, Baden 1980, ISBN 3-85098-121-5 .
  • No pardon for geniuses . Twelve character pictures. Lower Austrian Press House, Vienna 1982.
  • In short, long thought ... Fragments of thought. Niederösterreichisches Press, Vienna 1984 * On the breath bridge from A to O . Poems. (Afterword: Alexander Giese ). Vienna 1986, ISBN 3-85326-765-3 .
  • Split sound . Novel about the inheritance of Europe 1933–1955. Vienna 1987, ISBN 3-85326-826-9 .
  • Shaping love . Imagined correspondence, literary portraits. Vienna 1989, ISBN 3-85326-906-0 .
  • Light echo . Poems. (Afterword: Marianne Gruber). St. Pölten – Vienna 1992 ISBN 3853269710 .
  • A peacock summer . Three stories about the magic eye. (Afterword: Kurt Adel). * Lower Austrian Press House , St. Pölten – Vienna 1994.
  • Secret becomes a signal . Poems. (Afterword: Matthias Mander , illustrations: Ernst Steiner). St. Pölten 1996, ISBN 3-901117-25-3 .
  • Praise to world reason . Poems. St. Pölten – Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-85326-107-8 .
  • Selected poems . Series “Podium Portrait” 20. St. Pölten – Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-902054-33-6 .
  • Bruchwerk from a time of radical change . (Illustrations: Horst Aschermann, epilogue: Reinhart Hosch). Edition Doppelpunkt, Vienna 2005 ISBN 3-85273-181-X . I.
  • In the gentle withdrawal of all things believed.  The complete lyric works. Edited by Reinhart Hosch. edition pen Vol. 24, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2016,  ISBN 978-3-85409-757-0 .

Essays

  • Face of Man , in: Rudolf Felmayer , Festgabe. 1968.
  • Wisdom of cheerfulness , in: Ernst Schönwiese , Festschrift. 1978.
  • Loner in the mass medium , in: Roman Roček. 1995.
  • New sandals for Socrates , in: Humboldt Society (vol. 15). 1998.
  • Order and freedom , in: Beethovenfest. Bonn 2000.
  • Humanity and literature , in: Alexander Giese . 2001.
  • On the Wolfgang Amadé Mozart commemorative year, in: Carinthischer Sommer 2006, program for the opening of the festival.

Radio plays

  • No flood for Noah . 1969.
  • The final exam with the Sphinx . 1972.
  • Only the singers can still do it . 1984.

literature

  • Kurt Adel: The literature of Austria at the turn of the millennium. Lang, Frankfurt 2001, ISBN 3-631-37972-2 .
  • Marianne Gruber: Franz Richter, poems from 65 years. Foreword in: Podium portrait. 20th Podium, St. Pölten 2005, ISBN 3-902054-33-6 .
  • Matthias Mander: I appeared here. In: Literary Austria. 2/2004. Organ of the Austrian Writers' Association.

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personal data
SURNAME Judge, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 16, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH May 1, 2010
Place of death Vienna