Gerhard Aichinger

Gerhard Aichinger (born January 4, 1900 in St. Pölten , Lower Austria , † April 6, 1978 probably in Berlin ) was an Austrian- German writer. He wrote under the pseudonyms Gerhard Aick , Gerhard Dick , Eva Leitgeb and Ferdinand Schwartz and Ferdinand Schwarz .

Life

The ideological right-wing author studied political science and a PhD from the University of Vienna Dr. rer. pole. He joined the NSDAP in 1930 and promoted the young Heimito von Doderer as editor of the German-Austrian daily newspaper . Aichinger celebrated some successes as a playwright in the 1930s, especially with the play Caroline von England. From 1938 to 1939 Aichinger played a leading role in the liquidation of the Austrian Official News Agency (ANA). After 1945 he was mainly active as an author for young people and lived in Berlin. Aichinger specialized in the retelling of legends and published, for example, a widespread volume with German sagas of gods and heroes.

Works

• Black flag , Leipzig 1934 (under the name Gerhard Aick).
• Gem set in the Silbersee , Leipzig 1936.
• Caroline, Queen of England , Leipzig 1937 (under the name Gerhard Aick).
• "Audience to be admired ...!" , Leipzig 1941.
• The invisible enemy , Leipzig 1943.
• German heroic sagas , Vienna [a. a.] 1950 (under the name Gerhard Aick).
• The most beautiful knight tales of the Middle Ages , Vienna [u. a.] 1952 (under the name Gerhard Aick).
• Heavy ice ahead! , Vienna [u. a.] 1953 (under the name Gerhard Aick).
• It's about seconds , Vienna [u. a.] 1955 (under the name Gerhard Aick).
• Water for Australia , Vienna [a. a.] 1957 (under the name Gerhard Aick).
• Legends of the lost homeland , Vienna [a. a.] 1959 (under the name Gerhard Aick).
• The liberation of the child , Hamburg 1962 (under the name Gerhard Aick).
• Thirsty stories of the Germans , Schmiden b. Stuttgart 1965 (under the name Ferdinand Schwarz).

Editing

• Gustav Schalk : Roman sagas of gods and heroes , Vienna [u. a.] 1954 (published under the name Gerhard Aick).
• History is alive , Vienna [u. a.] 1957 (published under the name Gerhard Aick, together with Hanns Leo Mikoletzky and Robert Waissenberger ).
• Harriet Beecher-Stowe : Uncle Tom's Hut, Vienna [a. a.] 1964 (published under the name Gerhard Aick).
• Gottfried August Bürger : Münchhausen, Vienna [a. a.] 1965 (published under the name Gerhard Aick).

literature

• Regine Bohm: The “Official News Agency” is in liquidation . Vienna 2009, (Vienna, University, diploma thesis) (PDF file; 776 kB).
• Karoline Kühnelt: Goebbels' "Propagandists" for the Ostmark . Vienna 2004, (Vienna, university, diploma thesis).
• Gabriele and Roland Rappmann: Aichinger, Gerhard. In: The German literature: Biographisches und Bibliographisches Lexikon, Series VI: The German literature between 1890 and 1990, ed. by Kurt Bartsch ...., Section A, Authors' Lexicon, Vol. 1, Part 2. Stuttgart: Frommann-Holzboog 2003, pp. 450-465.
• John London (Ed.): Theater under the Nazis . Manchester University Press, Manchester et al. 2000, ISBN 0-7190-5912-7 , p. 105.

Web links

• Literature by and about Gerhard Aichinger in the catalog of the German National Library
• from John London's book, Google Books
• Exhibition catalog, Google Books