Hermann Friedl

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Hermann Friedl (born February 21, 1920 in Linz , † December 4, 1988 in Steyr ) was an Austrian physician and writer .

Life

Hermann Friedl grew up in the Mühlviertel . After attending the Stiftsgymnasium Wilhering and graduating from high school in 1938, he began studying medicine. Despite his participation in the Second World War as a soldier in the Wehrmacht in Poland , France and the Soviet Union , he was able to continue his studies at the University of Vienna , which he obtained in autumn 1945 with the degree of Dr. med. univ. finished. He then worked as a doctor in Linz and from 1951 to 1962 as a community doctor in Oberneukirchen / Mühlviertel. In 1967 he went to Erlangen as a specialist in psychiatry and neurology , later he was a lecturer at the University of Ulm . From 1980 Friedl headed the neurological department of the General Accident Insurance Institute in Vienna . Shortly after his return to Linz, he died of a heart attack . In addition to his medical work, Friedl was also active in literature since the 1950s. In 1977 he was one of the participants in the first Ingeborg Bachmann competition in Klagenfurt .

Hermann Friedl was the author of narrative works , essays , poems and radio plays .

Hermann Friedl was a member of the Liechtenstein PEN Club and the Graz Authors' Assembly . He received u. a. 1962 the Adalbert Stifter Prize , 1981 the Adalbert Stifter Prize , 1986 the City of Linz Culture Prize.

Works

  • Five poems , Linz 1951
  • Egon Hofmann , Salzburg 1956 (together with Egon Hofmann and Walter Kasten)
  • The visitation , Gütersloh 1959
  • The country doctor , Gütersloh 1962
  • Small company in the evening , Gütersloh 1964
  • Heilverfahren or Das binoculars , Vienna [u. a.] 1980
  • Notes of an insane official , Vienna [u. a.] 1981
  • Reisers Ende , Vienna 1985
  • Beginning of the erection of a monument , Graz [u. a.] 1988
  • Die Schleuse , Roman, 248 pages, published around 1950, Provincial Library 2012, ISBN 978-3-85252-928-8

literature

  • Peter Kraft : Obituary in the form of a review. On the death of the writer Hermann Friedl, soon after the presentation of his letter novel about Adalbert Stifter, in: linz aktiv, Linz 1989, pp. 79–81.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Kraft , in: Web presence of Regiowiki.at
personal data
SURNAME Friedl, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian physician and writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 21, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Linz
DATE OF DEATH 4th December 1988
Place of death Steyr