Julius Klanfer
Julius Klanfer (born May 25, 1909 in Vienna , † July 16, 1967 in Avignon , France ) was an Austrian social scientist and journalist.
Life
Julius Klanfer was the son of Galicia-born Schloma Klanfer, colporteur, and his wife Cirel, nee. Horn. He had a brother, Karl, and a sister named Laura. He was active early on in the Social Democratic Party , for example with the Association of Socialist Middle School Students . He studied philosophy in Vienna. In 1933 he became a member of the Association of Socialist Writers . He received his doctorate in 1934 as Dr. Phil. With a dissertation on the theory of heraldic symbols . He then went on to study sociology and psychology. In 1935 he worked alongside Maria Jahoda as a research assistant at the Business Psychological Research Center , an institute affiliated with the University of Vienna .
After 1934 he was with the Revolutionary Socialists . From July 1936 to September 1937 he was in France. In 1938 he fled to France and was supported by refugee organizations. When war broke out in September 1939, he was interned by the French authorities and detained until the spring of 1940, for example in the Stade de Colombe .
After the end of the Second World War , Julius Klanfer became a journalist and correspondent for Wiener Montag in Paris. He was also editor of Agence France-Presse and from 1948 correspondent for Arbeiter-Zeitung . From 1956 to 1966 he worked as a market researcher and employee of the press and information service of the EEC .
In 1966 he returned to Vienna and became director of the Vienna Institute for Development Issues . He died unexpectedly while on vacation in the south of France.
Julius Klanfer's unpublished novel The Iconoclast and around 40 poems are in the DÖW archive .
Works
- Social Exclusion: Poverty in Rich Countries , Vienna 1969
literature
- Fritz Hausjell : Journalists Against Democracy and Fascism. Part 2 . European university publications. Frankfurt am Main, Bern, New York, Paris 1989
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Klanfer, Julius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Klanfer, Jules |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian social scientist and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 25, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna , Austria |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 16, 1967 |
| Place of death | Avignon , France |