Othmar Rieger
Othmar Rieger (born February 22, 1904 in Hartberg ; † February 10, 1966 there ) was an Austrian German scholar , teacher , poet and storyteller .
Life
Born as the son of an estate manager, he attended an officer 's student at a military lower secondary school of the monarchy and then the federal educational institute in Vienna-Breitensee , where he graduated in 1922. He studied philosophy , German and English in Vienna . During his studies in 1922 he became a member of the Ostmark Vienna fraternity . After his studies he became a middle school teacher in Laa an der Thaya . On May 1, 1938 , he became a member of the NSDAP (membership number 6.225.715). From 1938 to 1945 he was the director of the secondary school in Amstetten . In 1944 he took part in World War II and was taken prisoner by the Soviets and taken to the Auschwitz reception camp , where he wrote the poems Die Gemsteinlegende . Returning home in 1945, he took over the management of the Hartberg estate from his father. Otto Hofmann-Wellenhof made it possible for him to appear on the radio . He also worked as an employee of Austrian and German newspapers.
Honors
- 1959: Ottokar Kernstock Prize
- Othmar-Rieger-Strasse in Hartberg
Publications (selection)
- Shadow path and sun path. Poems Vienna 1943.
- Court of Fire Ballads. Graz, Vienna 1955.
- Brünhild. Poetry in seventeen songs. Graz, Vienna, Cologne 1966.
- It's a city. Lyric folk book. 3rd edition, Hartberg 1967.
literature
- Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume II: Artists. Winter, Heidelberg 2018, ISBN 978-3-8253-6813-5 , pp. 579-580.
Web links
- Literature by and about Othmar Rieger in the catalog of the German National Library
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Rieger, Othmar |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian Germanist, teacher, poet and storyteller |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 22, 1904 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hartberg |
DATE OF DEATH | February 10, 1966 |
Place of death | Hartberg |