Josef Gangl (writer)

Josef Gangl

Memorial plaque for Josef Gangl in Schönbrunner Strasse in Vienna-Meidling

Memorial plaque for Josef Gangl in Linzer Straße 226

Josef Gangl (born August 25, 1868 in German Beneschau , Bohemian Forest , † September 6, 1916 in Vienna ) was an Austrian actor and writer. He was best known as a Bohemian Forest poet.

Gangl lived in great poverty in Vienna. His stories and novels deal with topics from the Bohemian Forest. The most important work is the novel The Last Tree , which describes the decline of a peasant family.

Gangl was buried in an honorary grave in the Baumgartner Friedhof (group 22, number 360). A memorial plaque on his former home in Schönbrunner Strasse in Vienna- Meidling commemorates him. The Josef-Gangl-Gasse in Vienna- Hietzing was named after him in 1932.

Works

• Stories from the Bohemian Forest , Budweis 1895
• Marriage and Quick Divorce , 1899
• Those who loved him and other stories , Verlag J. Singer Berlin, 1908
• At the end of the world and other stories from Böhmerwalde , Verlag J. Singer Berlin, 1907
• The last tree . Novel. Habbel, Regensburg , 1908. New edition of Ohetaler Verlag Grafenau 2017
• And they did love each other , Verlag Habbel, Regensburg, 1909
• The German Heavenly Mother . Roman, Verlag Habbel Regensburg, 1909
• The wonder corridor and other stories , Verlag Habbel Regensburg, 1912
• Mein Berg , Verlag Hecht Munich, 1912
• My Amsellied , Publishing House Dr. Ed. Rose, Neurode Leipzig, 1913
• Mark the gate . Novel. Habbel, Regensburg , 1913
• Mother's bed , Verlag Hausen, Saarlouis, 1916
• The Swabian House in Buchenland , Verlag Hausen, Saarlouis, 1916
• A German Victory , War Novels Collection, Gladbach, 1916
• The happiness in the begging bag . ed. by Heinrich Mohr, - Trier: Paulinus-Druckerei, 1940
• The smashed plow . ed. by Heinrich Mohr, - Herder, Freiburg, 1942

Namesake

• Josef Gangl, major in the Wehrmacht , died on May 5, 1945 at the gate of Itter Castle .

literature

• Gangl Josef. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 400.
• Berta Lahm: The Bohemian Forest poet Josef Gangl. A monograph . Dissertation, Vienna 1937.
• Alois Groszschopf: Josef Gangl, an image of life and the rural folklore in his works . Dissertation, Prague 1939.
• Hans Giebisch, Ludwig Pichler, Kurt Vancsa (eds.): Small Austrian Literature Lexicon . Hollinek brothers, Vienna 1948.
• Jiří Záloha: The forgotten writer Josef Gangl. In: Václav Maidl (ed.): Literárni Sympozium Znovuobjevená Šumava - na Tradice Bohatá Evropská Kulturni Oblast. Dragon Press, Klatovy 1996.

Web links

• Gangl, Josef . In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 . 2nd revised edition (online only).
• Literature by and about Josef Gangl in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works by Josef Gangl in the Gutenberg-DE project
• Josef Gangl. In: kohoutikriz.org, The echo of the forest (photos with Czech comments).