Hermann Friedl
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.
Web links
- Literature by and about Hermann Friedl in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biography on the website of the Stifterhaus , Linz
- Hermann Friedl in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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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 |