Karl Hafner (writer)

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Karl Hafner (born October 27, 1905 in Zwettl , Austria-Hungary ; † April 15, 1945 fallen in Dunkirk , France ) was an Austrian writer who was primarily at home in dialect poetry and a teacher.

Life

Karl Hafner was born on October 27, 1905 in the Lower Austrian municipality of Zwettl in what was then Austria-Hungary. After he spent his childhood in the town of Obernondorf in the Zwettl district, which is part of today's municipality of Waldhausen , he attended the secondary school in Waidhofen an der Thaya and then the teacher training college in Sankt Pölten . After graduating from high school in 1926, he was active as a traveling teacher before he got his first permanent position in 1929. Around 1936 he worked, among other things, in the village of Rindlberg , which is now part of the market town of Bad Großpertholz in the Gmünd district , near the Czech border. Most recently he worked as a senior teacher in the village of Dietmanns in Großdietmanns , also in the Gmünd district. When he took part in the Second World War and was last stationed in France , Hafner fell on April 15, 1945, just under three weeks before the final surrender of the Germans, at the age of 39 in the northern French city of Dunkerque . One of his most famous works is Hoamatgsangl für's Hoamatlandl from 1924.

Works (selection)

  • Hoamatgsangl for Hoamatlandl , 1924

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personal data
SURNAME Hafner, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian dialect writer and teacher
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Zwettl , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH April 15, 1945
Place of death Dunkerque , France