Josef Laßl
Josef Laßl (also Lassl; born March 17, 1915 in Nöstlbach-St. Marien ; † April 13, 1977 in Linz ) was an Austrian journalist , music and literary critic as well as poet and writer . He was the first recipient of the Georg Trakl Prize for Poetry , an honorary professor and a full member of the Adalbert Stifter Institute .
Life
Laßl was a student at the Humanistic Gymnasium in Linz and a student at the University of Vienna , where he obtained his doctorate in philosophy .
After the Second World War and his captivity as a prisoner of war , the late returnee worked as a writer in Salzburg , Vienna and Linz. In occupied post-war Austria, he became department head of the US- controlled radio station Rot-Weiß-Rot in Salzburg .
Most recently, Laßl worked as a cultural editor for the Upper Austrian News .
Fonts (selection)
- Poetry and Society: Essays on the Sociology of Literature . 1966.
- Literary Upper Austria : An attempt at a review and evaluation . 1971.
- The little Bruckner book . Rowohlt Verlag , 1980.
Awards
- Georg Trakl Prize for Poetry (1952)
- Max Reinhardt Medal of the State of Salzburg
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- Arthur Fischer-Colbrie : Contemporary literature in Upper Austria . Stiasny, 1957, p. 91 ff .
- Peter Kraft : Armaturen: Inventory of the current situation of the work and life of the writer Josef Laßl . In: Upper Austrian culture report . 1964, episode 25.
- Hermann Polz, Franz Schwabeneder: He was an inconvenient: On the death of the OÖN editor Dr. Josef Laßl . In: Upper Austrian news . No. 86 . Linz April 14, 1977, p. 1 u. 8 .
- Herlinde Rigby: To the friend Josef Laßl . In: Quarterly publication of the Adalbert Stifter Institute of the State of Upper Austria . tape 26 . Linz 1977, p. 10 f . (with photo on p. 9).
- Peter Kraft: Farewell to Josef Laßl . In: Linz aktiv, municipal quarterly magazine of the city of Linz . No. 63 , 1977.
Web links
- Literature by and about Josef Laßl in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Laßl, Josef |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lassl, Josef |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian literary historian, poet and writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 17, 1915 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Nöstlbach , Upper Austria |
DATE OF DEATH | April 13, 1977 |
Place of death | Linz |