Franz Schneller

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Franz Schneller (born January 18, 1889 in Freiburg im Breisgau ; † November 23, 1968 there ) was a German dramaturge , director and writer .

Life

Franz Schneller developed literary inclinations under the influence of his cousin Emil Gött as a student at the Bertoldgymnasium and later at the Friedrich-Gymnasium Freiburg . After participating in the First World War , he was dramaturge and director at the Stadttheater Freiburg from 1919 to 1925 . In 1924 he became a co-founder of the regional cultural magazine Friborg Figaro . In 1933 Schneller was taken into protective custody . He did another military service as a station officer from 1939 to 1945 . After the war, Schneller was head of the Freiburg city library until his retirement in 1954. His literary work is mainly located in the Black Forest and High Rhine countryside. In 1955 he became a member of the PEN

Awards

Fonts (selection)

  • In the forecourt of hell. Novellas. Freiburg i. Br .: Guenther 1920
  • The seasons of a lonely. Novel. Freiburg i. Br .: Urban 1923
  • Barbara Iselin. The rise of a family. Novel. Freiburg i. Br .: Urban 1924
  • Sail from the wind. Narrative. Freiburg i. Br .: Herder 1934
  • Breviary of a Landscape. Freiburg i. Br .: Badischer Verlag 1947, new edition Freiburg i. Br .: Kehrer 1984
  • At table between the Black Forest and the Vosges. Dialect cuisine. Karlsruhe: Braun 1965

literature

  • Eberhard Meckel : Franz Schneller. Speech on the occasion of the 70th birthday . Rombach, Freiburg i. Br. [1959]
  • Eberhard Meckel: The 75 year old Franz Schneller . In: World on the Upper Rhine . 1964, issue 2, p. 94

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Figaro from Freiburg. Weekly for theater, concert, film and other cultural matters. Freiburg i.Br .: Mors & Singler [1924/25]
  2. ↑ Walter Killy, Rudolf Vierhaus (ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia . KG Saur, Munich, Vol. 9: Schmidt– Theyer , 1998, p. 63.
  3. ^ Manfred Bosch: The Johann Peter Lever Prize 1936–1988 . Scheffelbund, Karlsruhe 1988, p. 91f.

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personal data
SURNAME Faster, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German dramaturge, director and writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 18, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Freiburg in Breisgau
DATE OF DEATH November 23, 1968
Place of death Freiburg in Breisgau