Oswalt von Nostitz
Oswalt von Nostitz (born April 4, 1908 in Dresden ; † August 12, 1997 in Munich ) was a German diplomat, writer and translator.
Life
Oswalt von Nostitz - son of Alfred von Nostitz-Wallwitz and Helene von Nostitz - studied law and passed the first state examination in 1931 and the second in 1936 . On January 1, 1932, he joined the NSDAP . From 1937 to 1945 he worked as a legation secretary for the Foreign Office . His uncle Benno von Nostitz-Wallwitz (1865–1955) adopted him in 1932 because of his own childlessness and made him the heir of his fortune, which included several manors in Sohland on the Spree .
1945 converted v. Nostitz on Catholicism . From 1958 to 1973 Oswalt von Nostitz worked in Brussels for the European Atomic Energy Community and for the European Commission .
He was chairman of the "Association of German Authors" from 1978 to 1983.
Oswalt von Nostitz became famous as a translator for the following authors:
Publications
- author
- Georges Bernanos . Life and work . Pilger, Speyer 1951.
- Presences. Critical contributions to European intellectual history. Glock u. Lutz, Nuremberg 1967.
- Muse and child of the world. The life of my mother Helene von Nostitz. Piper, Munich a. Zurich 1991.
- Contributions to edited volumes
- Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874–1929) and Arthur Moeller van den Bruck (1876–1925) . In: Caspar von Schrenck-Notzing (Hrsg.): Conservative heads. From Machiavelli to Solzhenitsyn (= Criticon library . 2). Criticon-Verlag, Munich 1978, ISBN 3-922024-02-2 , pp. 101–112 and pp. 113–121
- editor
- Hugo von Hofmannsthal u. Helene von Nostitz. Correspondence . S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1965.
- Rainer Maria Rilke u. Helene von Nostitz. Correspondence . Insel, Frankfurt am Main 1976.
- translator
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry : Giving life a meaning . Rauch, Düsseldorf 1957.
- Charles Péguy : The Mystery of the Innocent Children. Herold, Vienna / Munich 1958.
- Claude Tresmontant : Paul in self-testimonies and image documents. Rowohlt, Hamburg 1959.
- Henri Bosco: Don Bosco . A life for the youth. Munich 1961.
- Italo Calvino : The Baron in the Trees . Hanser, Munich 1984.
literature
- Maria Keipert (Red.): Biographical Handbook of the German Foreign Service 1871–1945. Published by the Foreign Office, Historical Service. Volume 3: Gerhard Keiper, Martin Kröger: L – R. Schöningh, Paderborn et al. 2008, ISBN 978-3-506-71842-6 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Oswalt von Nostitz in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Adam von Watzdorf (Ed.): Book of fate of the Saxon-Thuringian nobility. 1945. From the German aristocratic archives. Volume 1, Starke, Limburg 2005, ISBN 3-7980-0605-9 , p. 330.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nostitz, Oswalt von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German diplomat, writer and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 4, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 12, 1997 |
| Place of death | Munich |