Rudolf Bayr
Rudolf Bayr (born May 22, 1919 in Linz , Upper Austria ; † October 17, 1990 in Salzburg ) was an Austrian playwright, poet, essayist, critic and translator.
Life
At a young age, Bayr was cultural editor at Völkischer Beobachter , but despite this burdening past after 1945, he made a remarkable career in the media of the Second Republic. Among other things, he wrote for the Salzburger Nachrichten , worked as an editor and author at Residenz Verlag , and from 1975 to 1984 he was director of the ORF regional studio in Salzburg. Bayr was friends with Karl Heinrich Waggerl and actively supported the initiator of the Rauris Literature Days founded in 1970 , Erwin Gimmelsberger . Many of Bayr's works deal with the representation of ancient themes.
Bayr has also emerged as a cook and restaurant tester. From 1970 until his departure in 1985 he was a member of the Tamino Lodge.
Radio plays
- 1955: Agamemnon must die - Director: Hans Conrad Fischer (radio play - SFB )
- 1965: Orange Blossoms - Director: Gert Westphal (radio play - NDR )
literature
- Peter Kraft : Persistent antiquity taken literally. About Rudolf Bayr, the Linz-born humanist who emerged from the Academic Gymnasium , in: Akademisches Gymnasium Linz, Graduate Report No. 31, Linz, 2001, pp. 1–5
Web links
- Literature by and about Rudolf Bayr in the catalog of the German National Library
- Helmut Schönauer on Rudolf Bayr (House of Literature)
Individual evidence
- ^ Günter K. Kodek: The chain of hearts remains closed. Members of the Austrian Masonic lodges 1945 to 1985. Löcker, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-85409-706-8 , p. 18 .
- ↑ Peter Kraft , in: Web presence of Regiowiki.at
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bayr, Rudolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian playwright, poet, essayist, critic and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 22, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Linz |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th October 1990 |
| Place of death | Salzburg |