Paul Wertheimer
Paul Wertheimer (born February 4, 1874 in Vienna ; † March 19, 1937 there ) was an Austrian writer and lawyer .
Life
Wertheimer grew up as a merchant's son in Vienna. He attended the academic high school together with Hugo von Hofmannsthal . After studying law in Vienna and Zurich , he obtained a doctorate in law. iur. In addition to his work as a lawyer, Wertheimer also worked as a columnist for the Neue Freie Presse . A selection of reviews appeared in the volume Critical Miniatures in 1921 .
Wertheimer was also active in the field of poetry . Alexander von Zemlinsky set some of the poems to music in his Herbsten cycle (composed 1895–1897), one by Eduard Kreuzhage in 1913 (in: Vier Gedichte, op. 14). Wertheimer wrote the libretto for Oscar Straus ' singspiel Das Himmelblaue Zelt (1914). Helmuth Kiesel counts him “to the group of young Viennese authors around Hermann Bahr and Arthur Schnitzler ”. Karl Kraus attacked Wertheimer sharply in the torch : "The lawyer Paul Wertheimer, who understands less about the theater than a cow about jurisprudence, while she certainly does better poetry."
In addition, Wertheimer also wrote plays for the theater. People of Today was premiered in 1924 at the Volksbühne in Vienna . The translation of Oscar Wilde's theoretical work The Soul of Man under Socialism is by Wertheimer.
Awards
- 1919: Bauernfeind Prize
- 1929: Volkstheaterpreis
Publications (selection)
- Poems. Leipzig 1896.
- New poems. Munich 1904.
- Brothers in spirit. A culture picture book. German-Austrian publishing house, Vienna-Leipzig 1923.
- Disrespectful stories. Amalthea, Zurich a. a. 1930.
literature
- Ch. Chancellor: Wertheimer, Paul. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 16, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957–2013, p. 146 f. (Direct links on p. 146 , p. 147 ).
- Johann Sonnleitner: Wertheimer, Paul . In: Killy Literature Lexicon . 2nd Edition. tape 12 . De Gruyter, Berlin / Boston 2011, ISBN 978-3-11-022039-1 , pp. 355 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Paul Wertheimer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by Paul Wertheimer in the Gutenberg-DE project
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kiesel, Helmuth: History of German Literature Vol. 10: History of German-Language Literature 1918 to 1933 . CH Beck, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-406-70804-6 , p. 340 .
- ^ Karl Kraus: The torch . tape 9 , no. 613-723 , 1923, pp. 43 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wertheimer, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian writer and lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 4, 1874 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 19, 1937 |
| Place of death | Vienna |