Rudolf Eger

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Rudolf Eger (also: Rudolf Georg Christian Eger, Rudolph Eger, born January 16, 1885 in Vienna , Austria-Hungary ; died February 18, 1965 in Munich ) was an Austrian-Swiss writer and director . He also wrote under the pseudonym Rudolf Hochglend. Georg Rudolf and Georg Rudolph.

Life

Rudolf Eger came from a Jewish family; his brother was the director Paul Eger , with whom he converted to Protestantism in 1903 . Eger studied at the University of Berlin and the University of Bern and obtained a doctorate in philosophy . He then lived in Vienna , where he worked as a journalist .

In 1927 he took a position as a director at the Städtische Bühnen in Graz , and from 1928 he worked as a director at Berlin theaters and became deputy theater director at the Lessing Theater and then at the New Theater am Zoo . He was chief dramaturge at May-Film AG. After the seizure of power in 1933, he emigrated to Switzerland , where he lived in Zurich and worked for Walter Verlag and the Lucerne City Theater . Eger last lived in Marquartstein in Bavaria .

Eger was the author of novels , books for children and young people , plays and libretti ; in addition , he translated from English and French into German .

Works (selection)

  • The decadent century , Berlin 1900
  • Life and love , Dresden [u. a.] 1902 (under the name Georg Rudolph)
  • The beautiful sorceress , Vienna 1906
  • The famous Gabriel , Vienna [u. a.] 1916 (together with Ludwig Hirschfeld)
  • Andor's evil spirit , Vienna 1921
  • Little Lecassot , Berlin 1921
  • Fright in the evening hour , Berlin-Wilmersdorf 1928 (together with Joe May )
  • 13 at Tisch , Vienna [u. a.] 1932
  • Spring girl , Berlin 1933
  • Postfach 84 , Zurich 1941 (under the name Rudolf Hochglend)
  • Colonel Jack , Zurich 1942
  • Young lady travels alone , Olten 1943
  • Marco Polo's Travels , Aarau 1944
  • Amerigo Vespucci , Zurich 1945
  • The first circumnavigation of the world , Olten 1945
  • The escape from the lead chambers , Zurich [u. a.] 1945
  • In the dark continent , Zurich 1945
  • Legends from all over the world , Zurich 1945
  • One voice conquers the world , Zurich 1945
  • What everyone should know , Basel 1946
  • Famous criminal cases from four centuries , Detmold 1949
  • David Livingstone , Zollikon-Zurich 1949
  • The sea is calling , Lucerne 1949
  • A boy and two kings , Olten 1951
  • The wheel conquers the world , Olten [u. a.] 1952
  • Siemens, the electric king , Einsiedeln [a. a.] 1954
  • Stephenson invented the locomotive , Einsiedeln [u. a.] 1954
  • Daimler and Benz invent motorcycles and automobiles , Einsiedeln [u. a.] 1955
  • Mister Edison does magic , Einsiedeln [u. a.] 1955
  • Mungo Park , Olten [u. a.] 1955 (under the name Georg Rudolph)
  • Recipes and home remedies from four centuries , Zurich 1955
  • The great Trenck , Gütersloh 1955
  • The brothers Wright and Graf Zeppelin , Cologne [u. a.] 1956
  • Genius without success , Einsiedeln [u. a.] 1957
  • Triumph of steam , Einsiedeln [a. a.] 1958 (under the name Georg Rudolf)
  • Tonio, the young Venetian , Munich 1959
  • Triumphant advance of the radio , Einsiedeln [u. a.] 1961
  • Alfred Nobel , Zurich 1962
  • Secret mission Manaos , Einsiedeln [u. a.] 1964

editor

Translations

literature

  • Eger, Rudolf. 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. 76-80.
  • Ursula Seeber (Hrsg.): Small allies: expelled Austrian children's and youth literature , Austrian library in exile. Vienna: Picus, 1998 ISBN 3-85452-276-2 , p. 116f.
  • Zlata Fuss Phillips: German Children's and Youth Literature in Exile, 1933-1950. Biographies and Bibliographies . Munich: Saur, 2001, ISBN 3-598-11569-5 , pp. 57-60

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personal data
SURNAME Eger, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian-Swiss writer and director
DATE OF BIRTH January 16, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH February 18, 1965
Place of death Munich