Lorenz Mack

Memorial plaque for Prof. hc Lorenz Mack in Ferlach, Carinthia

Lorenz Mack (pseudonyms: Carnicus, Calvin Carr, Georg Gutenstein, Alexander Stern) (born June 17, 1917 in Ferlach ; died July 26, 1991 in Stolzalpe ) was an Austrian writer , publicist , cultural organizer, head of the cultural office and librarian in Sankt Veit on the Glan .

Life

Born as the son of a gunsmith, he first learned his father's trade. After participating in World War II, Mack was a teacher, editor of a cultural magazine and, since 1951, a freelance writer.

Lorenz Mack was the first president of the Carinthian Writers' Association, member of the Austrian PEN Club, initiator and founder of the discussion forum "podium" (St. Veit an der Glan, 1965) and, together with Hermann Lienhard, initiator of the cultural days in St. Veit an der Glan .

From 1951 to 1952 he was editor of the literary magazine Die Drau. Monthly pages for spiritual life and communication .

Awards

• Theodor Körner Prize 1964.
• Radio play award of the city of Klagenfurt and the ORF 1968.

Works

• Robber Captain Schneck. A picaresque novel. Vienna 1955.
• The bridge. Novel. Einsiedeln 1958.
• The Christmas ballad. Zurich 1965.
• That Saturday. Einsiedeln 1965.
• Happiness lives in the woods ... Roman. Vienna 1952.
• On the roads of the wind. Novel. Vienna 1955.
• Son of the earth. Novel. Vienna 1976.
• Katalin and the white swallow. Narrative. Graz 1990.
• The crown landlady. Detective novel. Rosenheim 1980.
• A tree grows from the heart. Stories. Klagenfurt 1965.
• The seeds of the sea. Novel. Vienna 1954.
• The Hunnenbrunn. Novel. Rosenheim 1974.
• The gunsmiths. Narrative. Klagenfurt 1987.
• The godless village. Novel. Vienna 1962.
• The gentleman on Weyer. Novel. Vienna 1972.
• Driftwood. Klagenfurt 1978.
• The Bergmoser case. Novel. Rosenheim 1979.
• Driven hunt. Novel. Rosenheim 1984.
• The green hills. Novel. Klagenfurt 1987.
• Job and the rats. Novel. Zurich 1961.

Web links

• Lorenz Mack's estate on the website of the University of Innsbruck, Research Institute Brenner Archive, accessed on June 15, 2017.
• The Drava. Monthly pages for intellectual life and understanding Presentation of the journal on the pages of the Austrian National Library, accessed on March 25, 2018.