Max Stebich
Max Stebich (pseudonym: Max Rott ) (born May 10, 1897 in Vienna ; † May 17, 1972 ibid) was an Austrian teacher and writer .
Life
Born as the son of a master tailor, Stebich graduated from the Pedagogical Academy in Vienna. In 1910 he became a member of the Aldania Vienna fraternity . He served as a one-year volunteer from October 1915 and as an officer in World War I from March 1916 , and from 1917 to November 1918 as the commander of a machine gun defense company.
From 1918 to 1938 he worked as a German and history teacher in Vienna. From 1926 to 1938 he was a local assistant for the Vienna Urania . He wrote lyric poems . He became a member of Nazi organizations, such as the Combat League for German Culture , the German Cultural Association , the Ring National Writer and the Association of German Writers in Austria . He was in a circle around Mirko Jelusich , Karl Hans Strobl , Paula Grogger and Josef Weinheber . Stebich had contacts with the Fatherland Front and was a member of the NSDAP . He let his membership rest from 1934 and was not involved in party politics. From 1936 to 1940 he was managing director of the Association of German Writers in Austria , and in 1938 of the Austrian Chamber of Literature . In 1938 he wrote the preface to the Confession Book of Austrian Poets . For the youth celebration in May 1937, Stebich wrote a national festival that was performed in the Vienna stadium . In it he had praised the corporate state , which is why he was refused membership in the NSDAP in 1938 and in 1940 he was dismissed without notice as managing director of the Reichsschrifttumskammer.
After the end of the Second World War , he worked as a freelance writer and headed the Donauverlag and the Gallusverlag. He wrote novels , dramas and poems; and published fairy tales and legends . He was a translator for Henryk Sienkiewicz .
Honors
- In the First World War: Great Silver Medal of Bravery
- 1935: Drama Prize from the Stuttgart National Theater
- 1940: Adalbert Stifter Prize in Prague
- 1952: title of professor
- 1964: Austrian children's and youth book award for Aus Moor und Heide
Publications (selection)
- Preludes. Poems. Vienna 1930.
- Chords. Poems. Vienna 1931.
- Melody of the city. Poems. Vienna 1937.
- Albrecht of Austria. Drama in a prelude, three acts and an epilogue (seven images). Salzburg 1937.
- The bright glow. Poems. Vienna 1939.
- Adagio. Poems. Munich 1943.
- Flower songs. Poems. 1948.
- Scandal in the royal family. Roman Vienna 1955.
- The great Viennese book of legends. Vienna 1960.
literature
- Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume II: Artists. Winter, Heidelberg 2018, ISBN 978-3-8253-6813-5 , pp. 658-659.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stebich, Max |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Max Rott (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian teacher and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 10, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th May 1972 |
| Place of death | Vienna |