Georg Markus

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Georg Markus (born February 2, 1951 in Vienna ) is an Austrian author and newspaper columnist .

Life

Georg Markus worked for the cabaret artist Karl Farkas at the Simpl cabaret in Vienna for a year before he became a journalist and then a writer. His books and newspaper columns deal with historical topics, whereby he deals primarily with contemporary Austrian history. Markus' journalistic career began in 1970 in the Viennese daily Kurier , for which he has been working again since 2003. By 2018 he had authored more than 30 books, many of which were translated into multiple languages. Marcel Prawy called Markus “the great, unrivaled professor of austrology - not of astrology, but of austrology.” And Hugo Portisch judged: “It is astonishing that Georg Markus continues to bring to light new and exciting facets of history, but above all, how he does it: On the one hand with the necessary seriousness, but on the other hand also in such a way that his books become enjoyable time travel. "

In his Stories with History column , Markus writes historical reports for the Kurier newspaper . He caused a sensation when he discovered the grave robbery of Mary Vetsera in 1992 after the skeleton of Crown Prince Rudolf's lover was stolen from her crypt in Heiligenkreuz near Vienna in the night and fog . His series of articles published by Kurier in March 2009, in which he reported for the first time about the illegitimate son of John F. Kennedys with a native Austrian: Lisa Lanett, born in 1921 as Elisabeth Hortenau in Hinterbrühl near Vienna († 13. March 2014 in San Antonio / Texas), admitted in an interview with Georg Markus that towards the end of the Second World War he had a relationship with the future US President, who was born of their son Tony Bohler, who was born in 1945. He still lives in the USA today. Hundreds of newspapers and TV stations around the world took over the exclusive report from Georg Markus.

From March 2000 to March 2008, Markus designed and moderated the Ö1 series Das war's, memories of the 20th century in the ORF's RadioKulturhaus . From 2008 to 2013 he appeared as a narrator and conférencier in the StadtTheater Walfischgasse in programs he wrote: Best of Farkas & Co (2008/2009), The grandchildren of Aunt Jolesch (2011), When you laugh anyway (2012), News from the Aunt Jolesch (2013).

Markus is married to the actress Daniela Dvorak, daughter of Felix Dvorak , and has two sons. Georg Markus is a member of the PEN Club , the Austrian Writers' Association and the Concordia Press Club .

Publications

Georg Markus at the presentation of his book Fundstücke: My journeys of discovery into history at the Vienna Book Fair 2017
  • Everything out of curiosity. 40 stories from 40 years, Amalthea Verlag, Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-99050-160-3
  • Only available from us. Amazing stories from Austria, Amalthea Verlag, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-99050-074-3
  • Found objects. My iron of discovery in history , Amalthea Verlag, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-99050-104-7
  • Behind closed doors. People in the Hotel , Amalthea Verlag, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-99050-050-7 .
  • Speaking of yesterday. My stories behind the story , Amalthea Verlag, Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-99050-004-0 .
  • Is it all just coincidence? Fateful hours of great Austrians , Amalthea Verlag, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-85002-878-3 .
  • It was very different. Secrets of Austrian History , Amalthea Verlag, Vienna 2013, ISBN 978-3-85002-838-7 .
  • If you still laugh, stories and history of Austrian humor , Amalthea Verlag, Vienna 2012, ISBN 978-3-85002-804-2 .
  • Look up at Markus. Austria in its best stories and anecdotes , Amalthea Verlag, Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-85002-761-8 .
  • What is left to us. The Austrian family book , Amalthea Verlag, Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-85002-723-6 .
  • How the time flies. New, cheerful and exciting things from Austria's history , Amalthea Verlag Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-85002-685-7 .
  • Between ourselves. Encounters with contemporary witnesses . Preface by Hugo Portisch, Amalthea Verlag Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-85002-648-2 .
  • How was it really? Indiscreet questions to historical personalities . Amalthea Verlag Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-85002-609-3 .
  • The Hörbigers. Family biography. Amalthea Verlag, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-85002-565-9 .
  • Sigmund Freud. The biography. Langen Müller Verlag, Munich 1989 (new edition 2006). Translations: French, Spanish, Russian, Polish, Czech, Chinese, ISBN 3-7844-3041-4 .
  • Addresses with history, where famous people lived. Amalthea 2005, ISBN 3-85002-542-X .
  • News from yesterday. Amalthea 2004, ISBN 3-85002-519-5 .
  • The cheerful lexicon of the Austrians. Amalthea 2003, ISBN 3-423-20858-9 .
  • My travels in the past. Amalthea 2002.
  • Aunt Jolesch's grandchildren. Amalthea 2001, ISBN 3-423-20837-6 .
  • The really big ones. Memories of the audience's darlings. Amalthea 2000, ISBN 3-85002-448-2 .
  • You'll laugh, it's serious. A humorous balance sheet of the 20th century. Amalthea 1999, ISBN 3-85002-429-6 .
  • That won't come back. New stories from old times. Amalthea Verlag 1997. Translation: Hungarian, ISBN 3-85002-408-3 .
  • It was a pleasure. The best anecdotes from Austria. Amalthea 1996, ISBN 3-85002-383-4
  • A thousand years of Kaiserschmarrn. A satirical story of Austria. Amalthea 1995, ISBN 3-85002-373-7 .
  • It's only the audience's fault. Stories from the theater. Amalthea 1994, ISBN 3-85002-360-5 .
  • The great Karl Farkas book. Amalthea 1993, ISBN 3-85002-344-3 .
  • Mayerling criminal case. Life and Death of Mary Vetsera. Amalthea 1993, Translations: English, Czech, Japanese, ISBN 3-85002-343-5 .
  • Stories of history. Historical reports. Amalthea 1992, ISBN 3-85002-329-X .
  • Viennese stories. The best anecdotes to read. With a foreword and an afterword by Fritz Muliar , 1992, ISBN 3-85002-329-X .
  • Hans Moser. The estate. Kremayr & Scheriau 1989, ISBN 3-218-00495-0 .
  • Stories from Austria. Between yesterday and today. Amalthea 1987. Translation: Japanese, ISBN 3-85002-249-8 .
  • The Emperor Franz Joseph I. Pictures and documents. Foreword Otto von Habsburg, Amalthea 1985, ISBN 3-85002-205-6 .
  • The Redl case . Amalthea 1984, ISBN 3-548-34354-6 .
  • Karl Farkas. "Take a look at that". A life for serenity. Amalthea Verlag 1983, ISBN 3-85002-181-5
  • Katharina Schratt. The secret wife of the emperor. Amalthea 1982, translation: Czech, ISBN 3-548-20987-4 .
  • I have a piece of old Vienna in my heart. Hans Moser biography. Foreword by Paul Hörbiger. Herbig 1980, ISBN 3-7766-1044-1 .
  • I played for you. Paul-Hörbiger-Memoiren, Herbig Verlag, Munich-Vienna 1979, ISBN 3-7766-1001-8 .

Works (as co-author or editor)

Awards

Web links

Commons : Georg Markus  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Goldener Rathausmann for Georg Markus. November 15, 2019, accessed November 17, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Markus, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian non-fiction author and newspaper columnist
DATE OF BIRTH February 2, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna