Julius Reich Prize

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The Julius Reich Prize was awarded to young writers and painters in Vienna.

Founder Julius Reich

The private literature prize was donated by Kommerzialrat Julius Reich through a will. Reich came from Moravia, Koritschan , was of Jewish faith and owned a glass factory. In old age he lost his hearing. Excluded from acoustic sensory stimuli, he dealt with the visual arts and literature . The "Julius Reich Artist Foundation" and the "Julius Reich Poet Foundation" were established from the proceeds of the auction of his library and his art collection.

Board of Trustees of the Prize

In the board of trustees, two professors and three writers decided on the award. The respective director of the Burgtheater and a representative of the Viennese writers' association were also involved.

The board of trustees included the Munich German studies scholar Walter Brecht and the brother of the founder, Emil Reich .

Award winners

Liquidation of the price

Nothing is known about the fate of the foundation's assets. No documents on Aryanization were found in the Vienna City and State Archives .

Individual evidence

  1. Julius Reich Poet Foundation. In: Wiener Zeitung , December 3, 1925, p. 3
  2. ^ City of Vienna - Julius Reich Prize for Rudolf Felmayer, Rathauskorrespondenz, see December 21, 1957.
  3. Hans Leb website ( Memento from May 10, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ^ Wilhelm Franke , at ÖNB
  5. literaturepochen.at - Waltraud Strickhausen: The narrator Hilde Spiel or The far throw into the darkness , Peter Lang 1996, ISBN 0-8204-2623-7 .