Rudiger Engerth

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Rüdiger Engerth (born May 13, 1919 in Vienna ; † April 13, 2005 ibid) was an Austrian art historian, art critic and author.

Rüdiger Engerth visited the Theresianum in Vienna in the 1930s , where he dealt early with German-language literature. He passed his Matura there in 1937. Soon after the annexation of Austria to the German Reich in 1938, he joined the resistance group Austrian Freedom Movement , to which many of his classmates belonged. However, he was soon drafted into the Wehrmacht and had to take part in the attack on Poland in 1939. In 1940 many of his friends were arrested.

Rüdiger Engerth became known after the war for a biographical essay that he wrote in 1947 as an introduction to the collected poems of the Austrian resistance fighter , theologian and writer Hanns Georg Heintschel-Heinegg , who was executed in 1944 .

In the 1950s, Engerth became a central figure in “subcultural Vienna” and the “informal group” ( Rolf Schwendter , Subkulturelles Wien , Vienna 2003). He published numerous articles on current literature and music in various magazines, including regularly in the protocols , the Austrian magazine for literature and art. He was a member of the Graz Authors' Assembly .

As a cultural journalist, he regularly wrote cultural reviews for Austrian daily newspapers, including Neues Österreich , Salzburger Nachrichten , the Kurier and the Kronen Zeitung . He also worked as a cultural correspondent for foreign newspapers such as the Handelsblatt .

Rüdiger Engerth was buried at the Hietzingen cemetery .

Fonts

  • biographical essay in: Hanns Georg Heintschel-Heinegg : legacy. Cross section publishing house, Graz 1947.
  • as editor: In the shadow of the Hradschin. Kafka and his circle . Stiasny, Graz 1965 ( Stiasny library , vol. 1004).
  • Mozart played here. Culture in concrete terms, Verlag der Salzburger Nachrichten, Salzburg 1968.
  • Richard Pechoc . In: Protocols, magazine for literature and art. Jugend & Volk, Vienna 1972.
  • Eduard Ritter von Engerth (1818-1897). Painter, teacher, gallery director and art writer. Contributions to life and work. Catalog of works. Deuticke, Vienna 1994.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ( page no longer available , search in web archives: Communication No. 358 ) of the Association of Former Theresianists, page 1, November 2005.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.alttheresianisten.com
  2. ^ Otfried Pustejovsky: Christian resistance to the Nazi rule in the Bohemian countries. Lit Verlag, 2009, p. 130, ISBN 3-825-81703-2 .
  3. ↑ Rüdiger Engerth: The flower and the alfabeet. New Austria of December 3, 1966.
  4. ↑ Rüdiger Engerth: Rough fun, deeper meaning. Courier dated March 22, 1989.
  5. ^ Rüdiger Engerth: Deep longing. Handelsblatt dated June 3, 1999 ( quotation of the article on the City of Vienna website).
personal data
SURNAME Engerth, Rudiger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian art historian, art critic and author
DATE OF BIRTH May 13, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH April 13, 2005
Place of death Vienna