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Karl Skala (born February 3, 1924 in Wartberg im Mürz Valley ; † December 31, 2006 in Graz ) was an Austrian homeland poet.

Life

After leaving school, Karl Skala worked as a lathe operator at Eisenwerk Vogel & Noot , where he retired after 43 years of service. During the Second World War he was used as a tank grenadier in Russia and then a year as a prisoner of war. In 1943 he wrote his first poem A Good Comrade , with which he became famous. In 1956 he published his first volume of poetry, which was followed by five more. Many of his poems served as the textual basis for compositions that were also recorded on record, including the cantata Unterwegs durch Zeit und Leben (1979) and the mass Everything is in your hand (1991) by Gerhard Track and the Mürzallied by Franz Schöggl . In 1981 he was awarded the poet's stone shield from the Dichterstein Offenhausen association, which was banned in 1999 because of National Socialist re- employment .

Works

  • After-work devotion. Poems, European publisher, Vienna 1956.
  • ... and all around is home. Poems, European publisher, Vienna 1957.
  • How's it going? Poems and stories in Styrian dialect. Self-published, Wartberg im Mürz Valley 1966.
  • Companion man and contemporary '. Thoughts and experiences in prose and rhyme. Self-published, Wartberg im Mürz Valley, Styria 1968.
  • On the way through time and life. Self-published, Wartberg im Mürz Valley 1976.
  • Late harvest. Dedicated to my generation. Podmenik, Fohnsdorf 1989.
  • A door closes. Poems and stories. Publishing house for collectors, Graz 2000

Awards

  • 1978: Poetry Prize and honorary membership of the AWMM Luxembourg
  • 1980: Gold Medal for Services to the State of Styria
  • 1980: Ring of honor of the Wartberg community in the Mürz valley
  • 1981 Dichtersteinschild of the Dichterstein Offenhausen association, which was banned in 1999 because of being re-employed by the National Socialists

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biography in: Christa-Maria Elias (Ed.): … A little more peace. Anthology of the Rosegger Society Mürzzuschlag. BoD 2001, ISBN 3-8311-1944-9 , p. 189 f. ( limited preview in Google Book search).
personal data
SURNAME Skala, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian poet
DATE OF BIRTH February 3, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Wartberg in the Mürz Valley
DATE OF DEATH December 31, 2006
Place of death Graz