Fritz Hellmuth

Fritz Hellmuth , pseudonym for Siegfried Jelinek (born March 12, 1878 in Zwestow ( Bohemia ), † December 26, 1939 in Vienna ) was an Austrian writer .

The writer, born in the Bohemian town of Zwestow (today Zvěstov , Czech Republic ) as the son of a craftsman, attended elementary school and then did a commercial apprenticeship. In self-study he dealt with foreign languages , literature and philosophy . He lived in Prague around 1909 . During the First World War he served in the Landsturm and in 1919 worked as a translator and editor for the Vienna League of Nations. In later life he was a teacher in the higher education service.

Hellmuth earned a PhD and a Professor h. c.

He wrote poems, short stories, novels, folk plays and dramas. His works include Der Glassgrinder (Drama, 1903), Die Meistergeiege (fairy tale drama, 1904), Actuary Sulzer. Lyric fairy tale drama in five acts (1907), A reunion. Play in four acts (1909), Eveline. Folk piece in three acts (1911), Basia, the witch (drama, 1920) and "Saint Anthony's register of sins" (1925).

His grave is on the Matzleinsdorf Evangelical Cemetery in Vienna.

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b ^c ^d Lutz Hagestedt (Ed.): German Literature Lexicon . The 20th century . Founded by Wilhelm Kosch . tape XVI . Verlag Walter de Gruyter , Berlin and Boston 2011, ISBN 978-3-11-023162-5 , p. 348–349 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
↑ Werner Schuder (Ed.): Kürschner's German Literature Calendar . Nekrolog 1936-1970 . Verlag Walter de Gruyter , Berlin 1973, ISBN 3-11-004381-5 , p. 263 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

personal data
SURNAME	Hellmuth, Fritz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Jelinek, Siegfried (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian writer
DATE OF BIRTH	March 12, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH	Zwestow ( Bohemia )
DATE OF DEATH	December 26, 1939
Place of death	Vienna

[kosch2011-1] A ^b ^c ^d Lutz Hagestedt (Ed.): German Literature Lexicon . The 20th century . Founded by Wilhelm Kosch . tape XVI . Verlag Walter de Gruyter , Berlin and Boston 2011, ISBN 978-3-11-023162-5 , p. 348–349 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

[kuerschner1973-2] Werner Schuder (Ed.): Kürschner's German Literature Calendar . Nekrolog 1936-1970 . Verlag Walter de Gruyter , Berlin 1973, ISBN 3-11-004381-5 , p. 263 ( limited preview in Google Book search).