Hermann Schreiber (historian)

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Hermann Schreiber (born May 4, 1920 in Wiener Neustadt , † May 4, 2014 in Munich ) was an Austrian historian and writer .

Life

Hermann Schreiber was born the son of a bookseller. He studied German literature , philosophy and aesthetics in Vienna and in 1944 when Josef Nadler with a thesis on Gerhart Hauptmann for Dr. phil. PhD. After the end of the Second World War he worked initially as a lecturer and editor of the magazines Plan and Österreichisches Tagebuch , later as editor-in-chief of Geistige France and partner in a publishing house. From 1948 to 1954, Schreiber was also the Vienna representative and literary agent of the Daily Mirror .

From 1949 he also worked as a freelance writer . In 1951 his first novel was published. Since then he has written over 100 novels, essays , short stories and non-fiction books , some under the pseudonyms Ludwig Bühnau, Ludwig Berneck, Ludwig Barring and Lujo Bassermann . Schreiber became known to a broad readership primarily through his popular scientific works on historical topics and people, many of which became bestsellers . He also wrote biographies (including August the Strong ), country stories ( The History of Scotland ) and anthologies ( The New World ) as well as general historical treatises ( The Huns ). In 2000 Schreiber's memoirs were published under the title Books, Women, Books .

He also worked as a translator of French literature, a. a. by Georges Simenon .

Hermann Schreiber was the brother of the writer Georg Schreiber , with whom he also wrote some books.

Awards

  • 1968: Awarded the title of professor by the Austrian Federal President
  • 1983: Culture Prize of the City of Baden near Vienna

Works (selection)

  • The embers in the back. Wiener Volksbuchverlag, 1952.
  • Fall into the night. Berlin, Verlag der Nation, 1955.
  • Symphony of the Street. Econ, Düsseldorf 1959.
  • Paris - biography of a cosmopolitan city. Piper, Munich 1967.
  • The depraved regent (1st Versailles novel). Schneekluth, Munich 1977.
  • The Bastions of Glory (2nd Versailles novel). Schneekluth, Munich 1978.
  • Magellan and the seas of the world , Ueberreuter, 1978, ISBN 978-3800021802
  • The stone ship. Venice and the Venetians. List, Munich 1979.
  • The betrayed dream (3rd Versailles novel). Schneekluth, Munich 1979.
  • My coffin stays empty. Stories. Schneekluth, Munich 1980, ISBN 3-7951-0655-9 .
  • The mistress (4th Versailles novel). Schneekluth, Munich 1981.
  • A king and love (5th Versailles novel). Schneekluth, Munich 1982.
  • Crimson September (6th Versailles novel). Schneekluth, Munich 1983.
  • How the Germans became Christians. Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1984, ISBN 3-7857-0343-0 .
  • On Roman roads through Europe. Paul List, Munich 1985; BechterMünz, Eltville am Rhein 1991.
  • Our early episcopal see. Umschau, Frankfurt am Main 1989, ISBN 3-524-65008-2 .
  • The Belle Epoque. Paris 1871-1900. List, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-471-78747-X .
  • In the footsteps of the Goths. List, Munich 1977, ISBN 3-471-78912-X ; Weltbild, Augsburg 1993, ISBN 3-89350-555-5 .
  • The vandals. Triumph and fall of a Germanic people. Gondrom, Bindlach 1993, ISBN 3-8112-1024-6 .
  • Crescent moon over Granada. 8 centuries of Moorish rule in Spain. Weltbild, Augsburg 1995, ISBN 3-86047-092-2 .
  • Country in the east. Promise and doom of the Germans. Bechtermünz, Augsburg 1995, ISBN 3-86047-108-2 .
  • The history of Scotland. Weltbild, Augsburg 1996, ISBN 3-89350-237-8 .
  • The Huns. Attila rehearses doom. Weltbild, Augsburg 1997, ISBN 3-89350-714-0 .
  • Ireland. Its history - its people. Katz, Gernsbach 1997, ISBN 3-925825-65-7 .
  • August the Strong. Katz, Gernsbach 2000, ISBN 3-925825-76-2 .
  • Books, women, books. Memories. Drei Ulmen, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-926087-22-6 .
  • History of alchemy. Drei Ulmen, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-89996-511-6 .
  • Marco Polo caravans to Beijing. Überreuther, Vienna / Heidelberg 1974, ISBN 3-8000-2154-4 .
  • The German order among the crusaders. Nikol, Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-937872-80-3 .
  • Knight, Death and the Devil. Emperor Maximilian I and his time. Katz, Gernsbach 2008, ISBN 978-3-8289-0894-9 .
  • The Ten Commandments. Man and his rights. Econ, Vienna / Düsseldorf 1962, ISBN 3-430-18039-2 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary notice In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. May 7, 2014.
  2. ↑ Hermann Schreiber. In: Kürschner's German Literature Calendar 2014/2015. Volume II: PZ. Walter de Gruyter, 2014, ISBN 978-3-11-033720-4 , p. 949. (books.google.de)
  3. ↑ Hannes Hintermeier : The all-rounder. On the death of Hermann Schreiber. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. May 8, 2014, p. 14.
personal data
SURNAME Schreiber, Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ludwig Bühnau (pseudonym); Ludwig Berneck (pseudonym); Ludwig Barrin (pseudonym); Lujo Bassermann (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian historian and writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 4, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Wiener Neustadt
DATE OF DEATH May 4, 2014
Place of death Munich