Richard Bamberger
Richard Bamberger (born February 22, 1911 in Paudorf ; † November 12, 2007 in Vienna ) was an Austrian literary researcher and author. He is the founder of the Austrian Youth Book Club .
Life
Bamberger was trained as a secondary school teacher at the teacher training institute in Krems an der Donau until 1933 , received his doctorate in 1938 and, after returning home in 1945 from an American prisoner of war, taught at the Academic Gymnasium in Vienna . Following the US model, he founded the Austrian Youth Book Club in 1948, which he headed as General Secretary until 1981.
In 1965 Bamberger founded the International Institute for Youth Literature and Reading Research, and in 1988 the Institute for Textbook Research and Learning Promotion. As its director, he left office in 2001. He was also a founding member of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY). Together with Franz Maier-Bruck he wrote the Austria Lexicon , the online version of which is now in the Austria Forum . He has also published encyclopedias for young people, textbooks, reading books as well as works on youth literature research and reading pedagogy.
Bamberger was buried at the Dornbacher Friedhof in Vienna.
Works
- Die Welt von A – Z , 1952, Lexicon online version
- My first big storybook , 1960
- My second big story book , 1962
- My third big book of fairy tales , 1964
- with Franz Maier-Bruck : Österreich-Lexikon , 1967, 2 volumes. Online version volume 1 and online version volume 2
- Youth literature , Munich / Vienna 1975
- The children's world from A – Z , 1980, online version
Awards
- Renner Prize for the Austrian Youth Book Club
- Gold medal for services to the Republic of Austria
- Gold medal for services to the State of Vienna
- Cross of Honor for Science and Art 1st Class
- Grand Prize of the German Academy for Children's and Youth Literature e. V. Volkach
- Order of the Czech Republic for Services to International Understanding
- Medal of Merit of the Austrian book trade "for special services to the valuable children's and young people's books and the development of modern school books as well as all of his work for the book in the interest and for the benefit of the profession"
- International Citation of Merit and inclusion in the Reading Hall of Fame of the International Reading Association Jella
- Lepman Medal and honorary member of IBBY
- Wilhelm Ebert Prize of the Bavarian Teachers' Association.
- 2003: Honorary doctorate from the University of Dortmund
literature
- Hans Giebisch , Gustav Gugitz : Bio-bibliographical literature dictionary of Austria. From the beginning to the present . Hollinek, Vienna 1964, pp. 15-16.
- Hannelore Hadrbolec (compilation): Bibliography of the publications by Dr. Richard Bamberger: publications, lectures, correspondence and awards. University of Vienna , April 2011.
Web links
- Literature by and about Richard Bamberger in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Entry on Richard Bamberger in the Austria Forum (biography)
- ↑ Hannelore Hadrbolec: Bibliography of the publications by Dr. Richard Bamberger: Online in Phaidra of the University of Vienna, uploaded April 26, 2011 (direct link to PDF download, 46 pages ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bamberger, Richard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian literary researcher and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 22, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paudorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 12, 2007 |
| Place of death | Vienna |