Hans Domenego

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Hans Domenego (born June 17, 1926 in Vienna ; † December 6, 1990 there ; birth name Helmut Leitner ) was an Austrian writer .

biography

Leitner received his doctorate in 1952 from the University of Vienna and then worked until 1983 as a publishing editor and production manager at the Jugend & Volk publishing house . Alongside and after this activity, he published essays, feature articles, satires, radio plays, short stories and books for children and young people. Eventually he adopted his mother-in-law's maiden name - Domenego.

As early as 1960 he received the Austrian Children's and Young People's Book Prize for Martin against Martin under his maiden name Helmut Leitner ; 1987 under the pseudonym Hans Domenego for the Lachdrach vom Spranzenberg and 1988 for the pointer stood at half past three . In addition, Domenego was the editor of several anthologies , such as the well-known handicraft language book (1975).

Works (selection)

  • Cello and Color (1953; radio play)
  • Martin versus Martin (1960)
  • Vortex in Orioles (1968)
  • Werwiewas (1980; children's dictionary )
  • The Laughing Dragon from Spranzenberg (1986)
  • This Mr. Andersen (with L. Eskelund and H. Handsur, 1986)
  • The pointers were at half past three (1987, new edition 2000; illustrations by Birgitta Heiskel )
  • The elephant in the china shop (1988; illustrations by Hilde Leiter )
  • Choconia is Saved (1988)
  • Lexicon Crime (1988)
  • A ghost passes (1989)
  • The thick of the castle (1990)

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personal data
SURNAME Domenego, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Leitner, Helmut (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian author of books for children and young people, editor-in-chief
DATE OF BIRTH June 17, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH December 6, 1990
Place of death Vienna