Robert Austerlitz (writer)

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Robert Austerlitz , pseudonyms : Erraths, A. von Trebor , (born March 11, 1861 in Prague , † October 17, 1930 in Berlin ) was an Austro-German writer and editor.

Life

He was the son of the businessman Eduard Austerlitz and his wife Betty née Sekeles. After attending Nikolander secondary school, he went to business school and then studied economics at the Technical University in Prague. He then became an office worker at a company in the textile industry. He worked as an economist for the Bohemia magazine in Prague and several daily newspapers as well as for scientific and specialist magazines. In 1884 Robert Austerlitz became self-employed as an editor and publisher. As editor-in-chief and publisher, he published the two specialist journals Der Oesterreichische Kaufmann and Der Deutsche Kaufmann . In 1913 he also became a lecturer at the Lessing University for Advertising in Berlin, which was closed in 1933.

He died in Berlin on October 17, 1930.

Honors

For his services he was awarded the title of Imperial Councilor and in 1918 the Cross of Merit for War Aid .

family

In Berlin he married Rose Simon , the 15 years younger daughter of the Jewish writer Ferdinand Simon. Both lived in Berlin-Grunewald for several years. His wife worked there, among other things, as editor of the women's magazine Maja . She became known under the pseudonym A. Rose with her novels about the Berlin bohemian: Cabaret Sphinx and Café megalomania .

Fonts

  • The "millionaire". Commercial novel from the war years , Prague, [1918].
  • Hellmuth Unger: Beifu in love. Comedy in four acts based on a novella by Robert Austerlitz , Leipzig, 1924.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ National Archives of the Czech Republic, Birth Book of the Jewish Community in Prague 1857–1862 Boys, Sign. 2500, p. 83, online .
  2. ^ Prague City Archives, Directory of Prague's Population 1830–1920, Sheet 201 • 1819 • Austerlitz, Eduard Lazar, online.
  3. ^ Handbook of Austrian authors of Jewish origin, 18th to 20th centuries . Munich: Saur, 2002. 591 pages. Chapter 395 Austerlitz, Robert, p. 51, online .
  4. ↑ Personal. Prague evening paper . 1918-02-13, year 52, No. 35, p. 3, online .
  5. ^ Stadtarchief Prag, Directory of the Prague Population 1830–1920, Sheet 220 • 1861 • Austerlitz, Robert, online.
personal data
SURNAME Austerlitz, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Trebor, Erraths A. von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ministerial official
DATE OF BIRTH March 11, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague
DATE OF DEATH 17th October 1930
Place of death Berlin