Richard Edon
Richard Alexander Edon (born Richard Deutsch December 27, 1876 in Vienna , Austria-Hungary ; died April 10, 1960 in Vienna) was an Austrian writer .
Life
Richard Deutsch changed his name to Richard Alexander Ödon in 1906, he was also called Edon and he also used the pseudonym Ludwig Ulrich Eger.
Richard Deutsch was the son of the dealer Jakob Deutsch and Malvine Steiner. He resigned from the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde in 1903 , married Hedwig Schmidt in 1914, was baptized as a Protestant in 1915 and was secondly married to Anna Hettwer in 1936, to which he converted to the Catholic Church. Edon survived the persecution of the Jews during the Nazi era in Vienna.
Edon worked as a journalist and wrote several novels and dramas. He had a supporting role in the silent film Ssanin in 1924 .
Works (selection)
- Woman as king . 1896
- The fight for light . Drama. Berlin, 1901
- The Christ of Vienna . Novel in three books. Leipzig: Anzengruber-Verlag Brothers Suschitzky, 1903
- His Majesty the People! . Tragicomedy. Leipzig: Strauch, 1903
- From the depths . Tragedy. Stage manuscript. Vienna, 1909
- The stone death. Drama from the days of the Landsknechts . Stage manuscript. Vienna, 1910
- The dance around the woman . Tragedy. Leipzig: Merseburger, 1911
- The shadow of Napoleon . Tragedy. Vienna: Knepler, 1914
- The 10 commandments of the Russians . Vienna: Anzengruber-Verlag, 1915
- The hunt for bad luck . Berlin: Borngräber, 1919
- The anti-christ. The tragedy of Popess Joan . Berlin-Schöneberg: Jacobsthal, 1920
- The last Jews . Novel. Berlin: Heart, 1920
- The Einstein Sonata. A relativity novel . Vienna: Leonhardt-Verlag, 1922
- Mephisto . Drama. Vienna: AC Bard, 1923
- Cocaine . Novel. Vienna: O. Clauß, 1923
- Intoxication . Contemporary novel. Vienna: Renaissance, 1924
- Se. Reverence, the Jew. Two races novel . Vienna: M. Salzer, 1926
- Lucia . Vienna: M. Salzer, 1927
- Sabina . script
literature
- Edon, Richard. In: Lexicon of German-Jewish Authors . Volume 6: Dore – Fein. Edited by the Bibliographia Judaica archive. Saur, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-598-22686-1 , pp. 70-73.
Web links
- Literature by and about Richard Deutsch in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Richard Edon in the WorldCat bibliographic database
- Richard Edon in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Richard Edon at the ÖNB
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Edon, Richard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Edon, Richard Alexander (full name); German, Richard (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 27, 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna , Austria-Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 10, 1960 |
| Place of death | Vienna |