Paul von Schönthan

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Paul von Schönthan , actually: Paul Schönthan Edler von Pernwaldt , (born March 19, 1853 in Vienna ; † August 4, 1905 there ) was an Austrian journalist and playwright.

Life

Schönthan came from an old merchant family; his older brother was the writer Franz von Schönthan (1849-1913), with whom he also formed a fraternal duo of authors . At the request of his family he went - like his brother - as a cadet in the Imperial and Royal Navy . But after a short time he left her for health reasons. Schönthan became a journalist under the guidance of his brother.

Between 1887 and 1890 he worked as an editor of the Berlin weekly newspaper Funny Leaves , where he a. a. worked with his brother and the writer Alexander Moszkowski . In 1892 Schönthan returned to Vienna and got a job with the Wiener Tagblatt . After a short time there he advanced to head of the features section and the art and Hofburgtheater section. On July 1, 1902, he switched to the Wiener Zeitung , where he worked in various departments until his death and where he made his last major contribution on April 12, 1905.

In the last years of his life, Schönthan lived withdrawn in Vienna-Landstrasse , Ölzeltgasse 3. Suffering from nerves, he briefly sought improvement by staying with relatives in Mödling , but then went to Svetlin ’s private sanatorium for the mentally ill , where he spent two and a half months Stayed at the age of 52, died of a brain edema . He found his final resting place in an honorary grave in the Dornbacher Friedhof (group 6, number 4) in Vienna.

As a writer, Schönthan had his greatest success, which is still effective today, in 1885 with the comedy The Rape of the Sabine Women, written together with his brother Franz .

In 1961, in Vienna- Donaustadt (22nd district), Schönthanplatz was named after him and his brother Franz von Schönthan.

Works

  • Franz von Schönthan, -: Small humoresques. Narratives . (4 volumes). 1882-87
  • Franz von Schönthan, -: The robbery of the Sabine women. Comedy . 1884 - full text online
  • The masquerade ball and other cheerful stories . 1885
  • Otto Bütow, Franz von Schönthan, -: How a swank arises! or The Rape of the Sabine Women . 1885
  • Franz von Schönthan, -: Mrs. Director Striese. Vacillates in four acts . 1886
  • Child mouth. Sayings and scenes from children's life . 1886
  • Room No. 18. Schwank in one act . 1886 - archive.org
  • The kiss. The rhyming and the absurd . 1887
  • In storm and need. Comedy in one act . 1888
  • World and small town stories . 1889
  • Hans Olden , -: The violin fairy. Comedy in three acts . 1890
  • New stories. Serious and cheerful . 1890
  • "O this Meier" and other strange people . 1890
  • The tragedy of the Christmas fairy tale . 1890
  • From the big and small world. Novellas . 1891
  • The queen of the air and other tales . 1891
  • Franz von Schönthan, -: The promised land. Wavering in four acts . 1892
  • Ring road magic. Pictures from life in Vienna . 1894
  • Bad breed. Novella . 1894
  • Silent love . 1894
  • Gifts of love. Two novels . 1895
  • -, Leo Stein , Adolf Müller junior (music): Lady Charlatan. Operetta in 3 acts . 1895
  • -, Carl Zopf (Ill.): Princess Turandot . 1895
  • Bargain purchase. Comedy in one act . 1896
  • Seasons of the spring. All sorts . 1896
  • Stick air. A novel from the big city . 1896
  • -, H. Albrecht (Ill.): The two graces and other stories . 1896
  • Edi and Fredi. Episodes from the lives of two model boys . 1897
  • -, Carl Zopf (Ill.): Enfant terrible . 1897
  • Viennese air. Moods and stories . 1897
  • From the laughing world of cyclists . 1899
  • Behave yourself decently and do other decent things . (2nd ed.) . 1899
  • - (Ed.): The elegant world. Handbook of the elegant way of life in social and written communication. With numerous letter samples, an encyclopedia of good manners, sayings, toast drafts and a foreign dictionary . (7th ed.). 1899
  • Humoresques and sketches . 1899
  • Seriously aside. Humorous and ironic . 1900
  • -, Leo Stein, Georg Verö (music): The lion hunter. Operetta in 3 acts (based on a strange basic idea) . 1900
  • Mrs. Lot. Novel . 1900
  • -, Leo Stein, Ferdinand Baumgarten (music): Countess Kuni. Operetta in three acts . 1900
  • The young couple. A guide to marriage from - . 1900
  • Children of today. Humorous things from modern children's life . 1901
  • The piano teacher. Comedy in one act . 1902
  • "Parisian model". Novel . 1902

literature

Web links

Commons : Paul von Schönthan  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ZDB -ID 999380-0
  2. ↑ P. v. S .:  feuilleton. Concert debut. In:  Wiener Abendpost. Supplement to “Wiener Zeitung” , No. 83/1905, April 12, 1905, p. 1 f. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / wrz.
  3. ^ The Svetlin Mental Hospital in Erdberg. (No longer available online.) District Museum Landstrasse, archived from the original on January 6, 2014 ; accessed on January 3, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Daily report. Paul v (on) Schönthan †. In:  Neues Wiener Abendblatt , No. 214/1905, August 5, 1905, p. 2, bottom right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nwg.
  5. ↑ Little Chronicle. (...) † Paul v (on) Schönthan. In:  Neue Freie Presse , Abendblatt, No. 14709/1905, August 5, 1905, p. 1, bottom left. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.
personal data
SURNAME Schönthan, Paul von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schönthan Edler von Pernwald, Paul von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian narrator, playwright and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH March 19, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH 4th August 1905
Place of death Vienna