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 .

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.

personal data
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