Rudolf Kalmar senior
Rudolf Kalmar senior (born December 2, 1870 in Vienna ; † November 7, 1939 there ) was an Austrian journalist and writer.
Life
Rudolf Kalmar was initially a civil servant before he worked as a journalist, first briefly for the Deutsche Zeitung and, from 1916, for the Deutsche Volksblatt . After he was hired in 1922, Kalmar became head of the Austrian Sunday newspaper that followed . With the re-establishment of the daily newspaper Wiener Latest Nachrichten in 1925 he switched to this newspaper and became its editor-in-chief and later its boss on duty.
He published his Viennese sketches in book form in 1919 under the title Father Ramsauer . Kalmar was vice president of the German-Austrian writers' association and the organization of the Viennese press.
His son was the journalist and writer Rudolf Kalmar junior (1900–1974). He was buried in the family grave in the Vienna Central Cemetery (group 42A, row 11, number 26).
Awards
plant
- Father Ramsauer. Cheerful Viennese sketches from the “great days” . With a foreword by Theodor Antropp. Barth, Vienna 1919.
literature
- Felix Czeike : Historical Lexicon Vienna. Volume 3: Ha-La. Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-218-00545-0 , p. 437.
- Austrian National Library (Ed.): Handbook of Austrian authors of Jewish origin, 18th to 20th centuries . 3 volumes. tape 2 . KG Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-11545-8 , p. 632 .
Web links
- Editor-in-chief Rudolf Kalmar .. In: Wiener Zeitung , December 30, 1930, p. 3 (online at ANNO ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kalmar, Rudolf senior |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian journalist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 2, 1870 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 7, 1939 |
| Place of death | Vienna |