Renate Wagner (theater scholar)
Renate Wagner (also Renate Wagner-Wesemann , born 1946 in Vienna ) is an Austrian theater scholar and cultural journalist . She is considered a Schnitzler expert.
Renate Wagner received her doctorate in theater studies with a dissertation on Wiener Schnitzler performances 1891-1970 , which was published as a book in 1971. In 1972 she met Hans Weigel during a Schnitzler performance in the theater in der Josefstadt . He became her mentor and encouraged her to write a book about the women around Arthur Schnitzler, which was published in 1980. She worked for the culture department of ORF , wrote theater reviews for Austrian and German newspapers and as a book author other biographies. She had already published an encyclopedia on the life and work of Johann Nestroy when she published an extensive biography on the 150th anniversary of the poet's death, in which she chronologically traced his life. In her three-volume work Heimat are you great daughters , she portrayed important Austrian women.
Works
- Wiener Schnitzler performances 1891-1970 . With Brigitte Vacha, Prestel Verlag , Munich 1971, ISBN 978-3-791-30336-9 (also dissertation)
- Women around Arthur Schnitzler . Verlag Jugend & Volk , Vienna 1980, ISBN 978-3-7141-7102-0
- Arthur Schnitzler. A biography . Molden Verlag , Vienna-Munich-Zurich-New York 1981, ISBN 978-3-217-01198-4
- Dignity, splendor and joy. On the festive life and goings-on in the times (cultural-historical essays). Styria-Verlag Edition Kaleidoskop, Graz-Vienna-Cologne 1981, ISBN 978-3-222-11366-6
- Ferdinand Raimund. A biography . Kremayr & Scheriau , Vienna 1985, ISBN 978-3-218-00425-1
- Home you are great daughters . Collection of essays, three volumes, Vienna 1992, 1995, 1996
- The Löwinger stage . The Burgtheater for the little man . Ueberreuter, Vienna 1996, ISBN 3-8000-3630-4 .
- Nestroy for reference. His life, his work, his time . Styria Verlag , Graz – Vienna – Cologne 2001, ISBN 978-3222128738
- Like a vast country. Arthur Schnitzler and his time . Amalthea Signum Verlag , Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-85002-568-3
- The troublemaker. Johann Nestroy - a theater life . Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 2012, ISBN 978-3-218-00836-5
Web links
- Literature by and about Renate Wagner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and reviews of works by Renate Wagner at perlentaucher.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Renate Wagner: Mentor out of passion , in: Elke Vujica (Ed.): In dialogue with Hans Weigel. Friends and companions remember , Styria Verlag, Graz-Vienna-Cologne 1998, ISBN 978-3-222-12575-1 , pp. 258ff.
- ↑ Irene Bazinger: Renate Wagner: The Troublemaker. A little desperation, pity, madness , FAZ, June 29, 2012
- ^ Conversation with Renate Wagner about the book Dignity, Shine and Joy , Österreichische Mediathek (audio file), Vienna 1981
- ↑ The meaning of life. Renate Wagner's literary report on the great fin-de-siècle writer Arthur Schnitzler , review by Klaus Hammer, literary criticism, No. 8, August 2007
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Wagner, Renate |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wagner-Wesemann, Renate |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian theater scholar, cultural journalist and biography author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |