Fritz Habeck

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Fritz Habeck (born September 8, 1916 in Neulengbach , Lower Austria , † February 16, 1997 in Baden near Vienna ) was an Austrian narrator, playwright, author, translator, theater director, lecturer and lawyer.

At the end of the 1950s he was also known for his crime stories, which he published under the pseudonym Glenn Gordon , but mainly wrote historical and time-critical novels as well as books for young people, radio plays, scripts and plays.

Life

Fritz Habeck was born in Neulengbach in 1916 and attended elementary school there in 1922. In 1924 he moved to Mödling . As early as 1926 he was writing a 30-page typewritten Nibelung drama. From 1927 he attended the Realgymnasium in Mödling and moved to Vienna in 1930 , where he attended the renowned Stubenbastei grammar school. He knew the civil war of 1934 from personal experience: 17 rifle shots hit his apartment.

In 1935 he finished high school with the Matura , completed his first novel and began studying law in Vienna, where he became a member of the gymnastics club (today Corps) Hellas. From 1936 to 1937 he worked on a novel about François Villon . In 1937 he served as a "one year old" in the Austrian Armed Forces. During World War II he took part in the attack on Poland in 1939 and was promoted to lieutenant in 1940. He survived the Battle of Stalingrad in 1942 and was taken prisoner by the Americans during the 1944 invasion of Normandy.

In 1946 he returned to Vienna, married the teacher Charlotte Krzandalsky and moved into an apartment in the 19th district of Döbling. He worked as a freelance journalist and assistant director at the Theater in der Josefstadt . In 1947 he became dramaturge and deputy director of the Renaissance stage . Due to the theater crisis in 1948, he resumed his law studies and was awarded a doctorate in law in 1950. From 1950 to 1951 he worked as a hotel manager in Tyrol during the winter. 1950 to 1952 he exchanged letters with Ernest Hemingway . After his divorce he married Gerda Vilsmeier in 1951. From 1951 to 1953 he worked as a freelance writer, from 1953 to 1955 he was Secretary General of the Austrian Writers' Association. In 1953 he became head of the radio studio at the Vienna transmitter. Among other things, Fritz Habeck wrote the script for the film The Last Act .

In 1962 he moved to the Mühlviertel, where his family has been based since 1200. From 1968 to 1977 he was head of the literature department at the station in Vienna, from 1978 to 1980 he was president of the Austrian PEN Club .

Works

biography

  • Johannes Beer. 1947; Stiasny, Graz

Novels

  • The scholar from the left gallows. 1941.
  • The dance of the seven devils. 1950.
  • The boat comes after midnight. 1951.
  • The broken triangle. 1953.
  • The mystery of the blue whiskey. 1956.
  • The riddle of the small ellipses.
  • The riddle of the one-armed monkey.
  • The riddle of the tired ball.
  • Ronan Gobain. Zsolnay, Vienna 1956.
  • The ride on the tiger. 1958.
  • The Austrian in love or Johannes Beer. 1961.
  • The Piber. 1965.
  • My father's black coat. 1976.
  • Southeast wind. 1979.
  • The tapestry. 1982.
  • The general and the thistle. 1985.
  • The three calendars. 1986.
  • Whatever, it's Mardi Gras. 1991.
  • My time before awakening. Autobiography I. Ed. By Andreas Weber and Helmuth A. Niederle. edition pen published by Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-85409-921-5 .

stories

  • Lost ways. Fleischmann, Vienna 1947.

Youth books

  • Villon. 1953.
  • The battle for the barbacan. 1960.
  • The city of gray faces. 1961.
  • The one-eyed rider. 1963.
  • King Arthur.
  • The island above the clouds. 1965. (edited as radio story "Mister Cakesberry und Kondwiramur")
  • Revolt of the salt workers. 1967.
  • Marianne and the wild man. 1968.
  • Deeds and adventures of Dr. Faustus, tells of a master of the high school. 1970. (rororotfuchs, Reinbek near Hamburg 1974, ISBN 3-499-20065-1 )
  • Black dog in the golden field. 1973.

Dramas

  • Two and two is four. 1948.
  • Meringues with whipped cream. 1950.
  • The flea and the virgin. 1953.
  • Marshal Ney. 1952.
  • Revolt of the salt workers.

Film scripts

  • The last act.

Awards

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Habeck, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian narrator, playwright, author, translator, theater director, lecturer and lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH September 8, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Neulengbach , Lower Austria
DATE OF DEATH February 16, 1997
Place of death Baden near Vienna