Friedrich Bergammer

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Friedrich Bergammer (actually Friedrich Glueckselig ; born December 18, 1909 in Vienna , Austria-Hungary ; died October 9, 1981 in New York City ) was an Austrian poet and art dealer.

Life

Bergammer was the son of a Viennese art dealer, his younger brother was the American graphic artist Leo Glueckselig . He began studying at the University of Vienna , but then trained as an art dealer in Paris from 1926 to 1931 . He then worked in his father's company and worked as an art expert. Briefly imprisoned as a Jew in 1938, he managed to escape to the USA in December, where he was able to establish himself as an art dealer and expert on East Asian art in New York. His parents also escaped Nazi persecution. In 1939 he met his future wife Gaby Netter , whom he married in 1942. After his father's death in 1952, he became the sole owner of the M. Glückselig and Son art shop , which he ran until his death.

The 17-year-old Bergammer had already been encouraged to write by Hugo von Hofmannsthal . A first volume of poetry was published in 1926 and in the 1930s he belonged to the circle around Hermann Hakel and Ernst Schönwiese , published poems in Die Brücke and the literary monthly books and in 1935 co-founded Schönwiese's literary magazine Das Silberboot . After the fall of the Third Reich, contacts with friends who had stayed in Austria could be resumed. So after 1947 he was again an employee of the re-established Silberboots , he also published in the magazine Lynkeus published by Hakel . In New York he regularly took part in the Oskar Maria Graf Stammtisch . In 1959 Bergammer returned to Vienna for the first time.

Bergammer died on October 9, 1981 of complications from a stroke. His ashes were buried in Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York.

Appreciations

Works

  • From my loneliness. 15 poems. Vienna 1926 (as Fritz Glückselig).
  • Hermann Hakel (Ed.): Voices of the time. Five poets: Friedrich Bergammer, Fritz Brainin , Rudolf Felmayer , Johann Gunert , Hermann Hakel. Anzengruber, Vienna 1938.
  • From human to human. With 6 drawings by Kurt Moldowan. Desch, Munich 1955.
  • The ride of the leaves. Bergland, Vienna 1959.
  • Wing flaps. Bergland, Vienna 1971.
  • Snapshots. Bergland, Vienna 1981.
  • The penultimate silence. Grasl, Baden near Vienna 1984.
  • The junk box. Aphoristic prose from the estate. Edited by Gabriele Bergammer and Ernst Schönwiese. Edition Roetzer, Vienna-Eisenstadt 1991.

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personal data
SURNAME Bergammer, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Glueckselig, Friedrich (real name); Blissful, Fritz (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian poet and art dealer
DATE OF BIRTH December 18, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH October 9, 1981
Place of death New York City