Julius Franz Schütz

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Julius Franz Schütz (born November 10, 1889 in Mureck , † October 20, 1961 in Graz ) was an Austrian writer , librarian and cultural historian .

Life

Grave of Julius Franz Schütz and his family in the cemetery of the municipality of Mureck, Nov. 2013.

Julius Franz Schütz grew up in the Styrian market town of Mureck, which at the time had 1,500 inhabitants and was located on the German-Slovenian language border . Here he first attended elementary school and then continued his education at the Episcopal Gymnasium in Graz . He discovered his talent for writing and his deep inclination for poetry early on . Nevertheless, after passing the school leaving examination at the Karl-Franzens University in Graz, he began to study law . During his studies, however, he also dealt intensively with German studies , history and art history . In 1914 Schütz was promoted to Dr. jur. PhD .

During his studies, Schütz had friendly relationships with Ernst Goll , who came from Windischgrätz (now Slovenj Gradec in Slovenia ) . This sensitive individualist was not only a confidante for him, but also a driving force for his own literary work. Immediately after the tragic suicide of his companion in July 1912, he published his literary estate as a volume of poetry under the title: "In the bitter human land". With this he set a permanent memorial to his friend and saved his work from being forgotten.

After the war years, Schütz joined the Styrian State Library at the Joanneum in Graz in 1919 . He spent a considerable part of his working life in this important Styrian cultural institution, in this regard as director from 1937 until his retirement in 1954. A larger than life bust in the library's reading room is a reminder of his work.

After the death of his wife Grete in 1949, he suffered from increasing loneliness, also because the marriage remained childless, and noticeably withdrew from the public. Later he bequeathed his home community, to which he felt closely connected throughout his life, his house on Mureck Hauptplatz with its furniture and its extensive library, on condition that the building be used for cultural purposes and that it be turned into a museum.

Julius Franz Schütz died shortly before his 72nd birthday in Graz and rests in the cemetery of his birthplace.

Awards

  • 1954 Peter Rosegger Prize (together with Karl Adolf Mayer).
  • Honorary citizen of the municipality of Mureck.

Works

  • Hamerling - Ahasuerus , scenic prologue, 1910.
  • Heritage, Own and Love , Poems, 1914.
  • The golden journey to the west , poems, 1916.
  • The Lord's Prayer of the Creator , 1917.
  • The dead woman , a scene from the grape harvest, 1917. (Together with Bruno Ertler .)
  • The Legend of the Miraculous Queen and the Poet Medardus , 1917.
  • The great shuttlecock , games for seriousness, 1918.
  • Woman of Promise , In: Women , three short stories by Rudolf Hans Bartsch , Julius Franz Schütz and Franz Karl Ginzkey , 1918.
  • The Circles of Eternal Life , 1919.
  • Circles around the world , gleanings from the early days, 1920.
  • The Book of Rest in God , 1921.
  • Letters to Princess Wu , 1921.
  • Ilija Muromjez , Russian song, 1926.
  • German Funeral Mass , by Leopold Reiter (text book), 1929.
  • Building blocks for a bibliography of the Canary, Madeir and Capverdean Islands and the Azores (up to and including 1920), 1929.
  • The Love of the Five Soldiers , 1933.
  • From the early days of Styrian printers , 1936–1939. I. Since when did Widmanstetter print in Graz? II. Who was Th. Gampasser's printer? III. G. Schwetschke's statistics of the book fairs, their original catalogs and the Styrian early prints. IV. Outline of the oldest Styrian printing history.
  • The way without death , poems, 1940.
  • The Scherfenberger's Ring , newly composed, based on the rhyming chronicle of Otakar from the Gaal . 1940.
  • The Pied Piper , game in 3 acts (stage manuscript), 1941.
  • Master builder of Styrian history and regional studies , 1943
  • From Enlightenment to Biedermeier , 1950
  • The installation of the duke in Carinthia , 1954

Editions

  • In the bitter human land , poems by Ernst Goll, 1912.
  • Maria in Steiermark , poetry reading, 1926.
  • Camilla Lucerna , Festschrift (together with Elza Kučera), 1938.

literature

  • Elisabeth Arlt: Julius Franz Schütz. (K) a Styrian local poet , in: Signal, annual publication of the Pavel House, winter 2005/2006, ISBN 3-900181-14-4
  • Berthold Sutter (Ed.): Festschrift for Julius Franz Schütz , Böhlau, Graz 1954.
  • Paul Anton Keller (ed.): Call from the border , Leykam, Graz 1942.

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personal data
SURNAME Schütz, Julius Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer, poet and cultural historian
DATE OF BIRTH November 10, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Mureck
DATE OF DEATH October 20, 1961
Place of death Graz