Josef Marshal

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Josef Marschall (born October 2, 1905 in Vienna , † November 24, 1966 in Eisenstadt , Burgenland ) was an Austrian classical philologist and writer who described conflicting characters, especially of musicians, in novels with clever psychological motivation .

Life

Josef Marschall, who worked as senior state librarian and deputy director of the university library of the University of Vienna , initially wrote short stories and made his literary debut with Der Demon , a story from the life of the composer and music critic Hugo Wolf .

In his subsequent, psychologically cleverly motivated novels, he portrayed conflicting characters, especially those of musicians such as The Weds: A Happy Novel about Haydn (1931) about the composer Joseph Haydn . He had his greatest commercial success with his major work Der Fremde , published in 1940, which appeared in several new editions until the mid-1950s and last appeared in 1988. In addition, his works dealt with village life in Burgenland.

Later he wrote mostly poetry. His last work was the 1967 posthumously published volume of poetry ride to shore . Two of his poems were included by Felix Braun in "Der Tausend Jahre Rosenstrauch" (German poems 1973).

Publications

  • The demon , narrative, 1930
  • The Bachelors Wed , Roman, 1931
  • The Stranger , Roman, 1940
  • Herbstgesang , poems, 1949
  • We Alive , Poems, 1952
  • Step in Infinity , Poems, 1954
  • Everything Breathing , Poems, 1955
  • The Expulsion from Paradise , Stories, 1956
  • Flute in the noise. Poems from 1945 to 1960 , 1961
  • Expectations. Six novellas , 1964
  • Drive to the shore , poems, 1967

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personal data
SURNAME Marshal, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 2, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH November 24, 1966
Place of death Eisenstadt , Burgenland