Hans Gustl Kernmayr

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Johann Gustav Kernmayr (born February 10, 1900 in Graz , † October 9, 1977 in Prien am Chiemsee ) was an Austrian writer and screenwriter . He also used the pseudonyms Hans René , AG Miller , Thomas Leonhard and Katja Holm .

Live and act

His father was the glazier and trained butcher Gustav Johann Kernmayer, his mother Maria Theresia geb. Hess was the daughter of a butcher. The right-wing extremist publicist Erich Kernmayer is his cousin. After HG Kernmayr had completed an apprenticeship as a butcher against his will, he became a father for the first time at the age of sixteen.

He left home and wandered four years through many countries, especially in southern Europe , where he also earned his living as a masseur, sausage seller, dance teacher, lumberjack, coal merchant and swimming instructor. He ended up in prison several times. He was referred to as an impostor and marriage swindler, because he was a crush of women - called the "Bull of Styria" - and was married four times (including a well-known opera singer who later sang at the Metropolitan Opera in New York ). During his first imprisonment, Hans Gustl Kernmayr, who had only attended elementary school and barely mastered spelling , discovered his talent for writing.

He had his first literary successes in Berlin in the “ Golden Twenties ” and soon became a well-known author. He wrote short stories , novels , screenplays and plays for the Ullstein publishing house . Among other things, he worked as a dramaturge at Wien-Film . His friends were stars of film and stage, but he was also on good terms with politicians: Hans Albers , Joseph Goebbels , Adolf Hitler , Emil Jannings , Hilde Krahl , Hans Moser , Magda Schneider , Robert Stolz etc.

As early as 1933 he entered the NSDAP illegally (in the Principality of Liechtenstein ) , which was banned from 1934 until the "Anschluss" of Austria . For this reason he had to leave his home country first, but returned after the “Anschluss”. "On the part of the NSDAP he is described as an upright National Socialist and particularly willing to give." Even during the Nazi era and during the Second World War , until the end of the 1950s, he worked as a film dramaturge, screenwriter, film director , journalist and freelance writer . In Vienna he became chief dramaturge and wrote scripts, among others for the films "Once the love of God" and "Viennese stories". The 1944 Nazi perseverance film " The Degenhardts " was created based on an idea by HG Kernmayr. During the Nazi era he helped some “non-Aryan” colleagues and mediated through his contacts with the Gestapo . Kernmayr was released from the war effort and only served a short time as a special reporter on the Eastern Front.

After the end of the war, his writings, Comrade Schnürschuh (1935), A People Returns Home (1938) and Der gläserne Berg (1941) were placed on the list of literature to be sorted out in the Soviet occupation zone . In Austria, Kernmayr was temporarily banned from publishing in accordance with the Austrian Prohibition Act of 1947 and ran into financial difficulties. According to his own statements, he could no longer even afford the travel expenses to negotiate the publication ban. His book "Ein Volk kehre Heim" (about the "Anschluss" of Austria) was put on the prohibited list, the work "Kamerad Schnürschuh" on the delivery list. Kernmayr commented on the first book mentioned in 1949:

“I can make a few comments on this book, which was written by me, but I have to stand by the book because when I wrote it I really believed I was doing the right thing. I was not forced to do so in any way, but was commissioned by the Propaganda Ministry and I carried out this assignment on the basis of my political attitudes at the time. The Austrian National Socialists objected to this book because I wasn't aggressive enough and didn't deal with the Jewish question . "

Finally, Kernmayr was classified as “less burdened” and was allowed to work as a writer again from 1949. He wrote stories , novels and (from 1955) books for children and young people, but also non-fiction books, most of which can be attributed to trivial literature . An anonymous wash slip praises him:

“His literary skills, his literary successes have always been recognized. It was sometimes overlooked that Hans Gustl Kernmayr did not write his books for the sake of success, but because he truly loved those he wrote about. It was this Christian love for fellow human beings that enabled him to write with sovereign serenity equally about the big and small of this world ”.

In the field of children's and youth literature, he was particularly successful with the girls' books published by Franz Schneider Verlag : "Gitta wants to film", "Gitta the young film star", "Gitta goes to the stage" and "Gitta, the pride of the class" ( The latter publication is a summary of the aforementioned volumes). But his rascal stories and adventure books were also very popular.

He also wrote serial novels for magazines such as Revue , Quick , Hörzu or Stern . When Peter Boenisch founded Bravo in 1956 , Kernmayr and his wife Marie Louise Fischer wrote some serial novels for this magazine as well.

Several of his works have been filmed (with OW Fischer , Trude Hesterberg , Josef Meinrad , Hans Moser, Magda Schneider, Bernhard Wicki, among others ).

In his fifth marriage, Hans Gustl Kernmayr was married to the writer Marie Louise Fischer, with whom he had a daughter; He probably wrote some of his works together with her (under the pseudonyms AG Miller and Katja Holm ), although some of her creations were initially published under his name. At the age of 68, Hans Gustl Kernmayr became a father again. The mother of his illegitimate son, who was adopted by Marie Louise Fischer, was the young secretary of the writer couple.

At the end of the 1970s, Kernmayr wrote two books for young people that tell about the childhood and youth of popes of the 20th century ( Pius X. , John XXIII. , Pius XII. And Paul VI ).

Works (selection)

Stories, short stories, anecdotes

  • Diary for Annemarie. Novella, 1940
  • Rural decameron. Anecdotes, 1942 and more

Novels

  • Comrade lace-up. Roman, 1935 (a story from Carinthia 1914–18, dedicated to "all brave German Austrians")
  • The man who sells his time. Roman, 1935
  • Adventure in Mexico: A Novel Between Mexico and England. 1936
  • Love lives forever: the novel of a great passion. 1937
  • Crime scene: theater. Detective novel, 1937
  • Magdalena's great lie. Detective novel, 1937
  • The great hike. Roman, 1939
  • Monika scandal. Roman, 1939
  • Hot summer. Roman, 1939
  • The blue hour. Roman, 1939
  • Great love. Roman, 1940
  • The silver rider. Detective novel, 1940
  • Three weddings. Novel, 1941 (later published under the same title also with the author's name Marie Louise Fischer)
  • Regimental music. Roman, 1941
  • The witch Kathrin. Roman, 1941
  • Cilli: The story of a horse and a great love. 1949
  • Archduke Johann's great love. The love story of the Styrian postmaster's daughter Anna Plochl and Archduke Johann. 1949, and other editions
  • The Devil Thomas Carner: A Little Novel. 1950
  • We weren't bandits. 1950 and 1952
  • Guilty for love: a novel about the love of two people. 1952
  • Edelweiss company. Roman, 1954
  • Love lives forever. Roman, 1954
  • Because you are poor, you have to die sooner. Roman, 1955.
  • Dangerous lie. Detective novel, 1955 (later published under the same title with the indication of the author Marie Louise Fischer)
  • Death is not in vain either: the novel by the good taxpayer Daniel Schattengerber. 1956
  • Every night in a different bed. Romance novel, 1956
  • Motive: love is capitalized. 1957 and others, partly given as the author Marie Louise Fischer
  • The love of Maria Lechner. Roman, 1958
  • Gamble of love. Roman, 1959
  • A heart full of tears. 1960
  • The doctor from Samerberg. Doctor novel, 1961
  • Love that is forbidden. Romance novel, 1961
  • Brain station. Roman, 1962
  • Restless nights. Romance novel, 1965 and others
  • Nights full of tenderness. novel
  • Night nurse Daniela. Doctor's novel, around 1963
  • Beloved patient. Doctor novel, 1968
  • In the same step. Romantic trilogy (consisting of The Glass Mountain. Company Edelweiss and Comrade Schürschuh ), 1972 and 1979
  • Beloved marriage swindler. Roman (later also with the indication of the author Marie Louise Fischer), 1971 and others
  • Madame Rosa: History of a posh establishment. (written 1973/1974 in Törwang ), 1974, ISBN 3-7844-1555-5 .
  • Love at royal courts. Roman, 1975
  • The last company. Roman, 1977
  • The money tyrant. 1975 and 1977, partially named Marie Louise Fischer as author
  • Hello your Excellency. Travel records of a diplomat without an assignment. Adventure story by a globetrotter, 1976
  • Villa Stephanie. Romance novel, 1977
  • Lange Gasse dreizehn (later also published under the title Mutterliebe with the indication of the author Marie Louise Fischer)

Plays

Books for children and young readers

  • The unarmed power. The novel of mercy. Becoming and working of the Red Cross around the world. Youth non-fiction book, 1953
  • Gitta, the young movie star. 1955
  • Gitta goes to the stage. 1955
  • Gitta wants to go to the film. 1955
  • Tomorrow we'll be better: A standard work on automation (published under the pseudonym AG Miller, which stands for a team of scientists and authors, including Kernmayr), Jugend-Sachbuch, 1957
  • Nelly and Murks family. 1957
  • Sun, moon and stars: The novel of astronomy (under the pseudonym AG Miller), non-fiction book for young people, 1957
  • Gitta, the pride of the class. 1958
  • Hans and Hanna in Italy: about twins who love to travel and the art of finding their way in a foreign country. around 1958 and others
  • Hans and Hanna cycle to Vienna. 1959
  • Nelly is keeping her secret. 1960
  • And yet she is moving! The novel of astronomy (under the pseudonym AG Miller), youth non-fiction book, 1961
  • Enjoyable journey for two (revised summary of the Hanna series), 1963
  • Irene surprises everyone. 1964
  • Three very special girls. 1964
  • Red fox escapes the desert robbers. 1968
  • All for Ronny. 1967
  • Pepperl and me. 1969
  • You darn rascals. 1968
  • Pepperl and Gustl, the incorrigible. 1969
  • Me and my pug. 1969
  • Pepperl and Gustl are looking for the good Lord. 1970
  • My pug is the biggest. 1970
  • Felix the master detective. 1970
  • Felix and the black dogs. 1971
  • Popes were also rascals. Pius X., John XXIII., Pius XII .. 1970
  • Pope Paul VI The adventure of his youth. 1971 (2nd edition 1978)
  • Pepperl and Gustl tear off in 1974
  • Darn teachers. 1974
  • Letters to my son. 1975

Non-fiction

  • A people is returning home! Austria's struggle and liberation. 1938
  • The glass mountain. A German odyssey from the far north. Berlin, Die Wehrmacht publishing house, 1941
  • Bread and iron. Hikes through working Carinthia. 1951
  • The golden helmet: Becoming, growing and working of the fire brigades (biographies and compilation), non-fiction book, 1956
  • Royal children. Love at European royal courts. 1959
  • Cooking and traveling in Styria. 1972
  • Alpine cuisine. Recipes from then and now (posthumously, together with Marie Louise Fischer), 1980
  • This is how my mother cooked: dishes lovingly prepared with heart and mind. 1984 (posthumous)

Autobiographies

  • The man with the golden button in his ear. Autobiography, 1970
  • As old as this century. The Confessions of Hans Gustl Kernmayr . Autobiography, 1973

Film scripts

  • 1934: Knight against his will (also directing) (short film)
  • 1934 Me for you - You for me (screenplay; director: Carl Froelich )
  • 1935: Die Fahrt in die Jugend (screenplay, together with Ursel Renate Hirt, Marie Stephan; director: Carl Boese )
  • 1935: Room for rent (screenplay; director: Hans von Passavant ) (short film)
  • 1936: Hummel - Hummel (screenplay, together with Gerd Tolzien, Hanns Marschall; director: Alwin Elling )
  • 1936: Horch, horch, the Lerch im Ätherblau (idea, together with Will Kaufmann; director: Jürgen von Alten ) (short film)
  • 1937: Musik für Dich (screenplay with Max Wallner , Georg Zoch, Karl Peter Gillmann; director: EW Emo )
  • 1937: The Missing Woman (screenplay, together with Aldo von Pinelli ; director: EW Emo)
  • 1939: Between Stream and Steppe (screenplay, together with Sandor S. von Várady; director: Géza von Bolváry )
  • 1939: Dismissed without notice (screenplay; director: Karl Hans Leiter )
  • 1939: Tiszavirág (screenplay, together with Lajos Biró; director: Géza von Bolváry)
  • 1940: Donauschiffer (screenplay, together with Ph. L. Mayring, Robert A. Stemmle, Werner Hochbaum; director: Robert A. Stemmle )
  • 1942: To be the dear Lord once (script, together with Fritz Koselka; director: Hans H. Zerlett )
  • 1944: The Degenhardts (idea)
  • 1951: Vienna dances (idea)
  • 1951: Hochzeit im Heu (screenplay, together with Alexander Lix; director: Arthur Maria Rabenalt )
  • 1954: Edelweiß company
  • 1957: Kleren maken de man (idea; director: Georg Jacoby )

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  1. ↑ Claudia Wagner: The Central Commission to Combat Nazi Literature. Literature cleaning in Austrian. (PDF; 2.9 MB) Diploma thesis for obtaining the master’s degree in philosophy from the field of German philology (teaching degree) submitted to the University of Vienna, Vienna, 2005, p. 49
  2. ^ Jörg Weigand: Influential National Socialist, Pope biographer and author of books for young people. The life of the writer Hans Gustl Kernmayer (1900–1977). In: JMS report. April 2/2009.
  3. ^ German administration for popular education in the Soviet occupation zone, list of literature to be sorted out
  4. ↑ In a letter to the chairman of the “Central Commission for Combating Nazi Literature”, Prof. Dr. Josef Bick, March 10, 1949. Quoted from Wagner, 2005, p. 49.
  5. ↑ Inside cover of “Pope Paul VI. The adventure of his youth ”. Edition Munich 1978.
personal data
SURNAME Kernmayr, Hans Gustl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kernmayr, Johann Gustav; René, Hans; Miller, AG; Leonhard, Thomas; Holm, Katja
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH February 10, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz
DATE OF DEATH October 9, 1977
Place of death Prien am Chiemsee