Josef Liszt
Josef Liszt (also: Joe Liszt ; born June 27, 1902 in Prague ; † May 14, 1974 in Graz ) was an Austrian folk actor , bass-baritone and radio play author .
Life
After training as an actor with Max Reinhardt , he emigrated to Latin America in 1925 , where he ran his own circus for the first five years. As an entertainer , actor and Basso Buffo he later had great success in Austrian and German colonies. In 1940 he returned to the Czech Republic and met the actress Grete Bittner there. In 1941 their daughter Gisela ( Gisela Matzer ) was born in Vienna. After the Second World War , he first lived in Linz . In 1958 he moved to Graz and worked there at the theater .
Josef Liszt began translating German classics, novelists and adventure authors in Braille in the mid-1950s . He wrote tirelessly on radio play texts for Austrian radio . His last major appearance was in 1972 together with Grete Bittner in the play " Arsen und Spitzenhäubchen " by Joseph Kesselring at the Klagenfurt City Theater .
Josef Liszt was a great-nephew of the musician Franz Liszt and died in Graz in 1974. His ashes rest in Klagenfurt's St. Ruprecht cemetery.
Web links
- Literature by and about Joe Liszt in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Liszt, Josef |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Liszt, Joe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian folk actor, bass-baritone and radio play author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 27, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 14, 1974 |
| Place of death | Graz |