Rudolf Lothar

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Rudolf Lothar, 1908

Rudolf Lothar (born February 23, 1865 in Budapest , † October 2, 1943 in Budapest; actually Rudolf Lothar Spitzer , pseudonym also Rudolph ) was an Austrian writer , critic , essayist , playwright and librettist .

Life

Lothar first studied law in Vienna, later philosophy and philology in Jena, Rostock and Heidelberg, where he received his doctorate in 1890. He then lived for some time in Paris, where he made the acquaintance of Edmond and Jules de Goncourt . From 1889–1907 he worked for the feature section of the Neue Freie Presse in Vienna; From 1898–1902 he published his own weekly magazine there with the title Die Wage . 1907–1912 Lothar worked as an editor at the Lokalen Anzeiger in Berlin, where in 1912 he founded the comedy house. Extensive travels take him to Switzerland, Italy, France, Spain, Palestine and the USA. In Berlin he became a member of the Victoria Masonic Lodge . From 1933 he worked as a theater critic for the New Vienna Journal ; after the " Anschluss " in 1938 he fled to Hungary from the National Socialists. His wife Margit Cassel survived the Holocaust in Budapest .

Rudolf Lothar wrote over 60 dramas, opera and operetta libretti, with which he inspired Johann Strauss to write his ballet Cinderella , as well as short stories, novels and essays. He was a friend of Arthur Schnitzler and in 1918/1919, together with Georg von Seybel, got involved in the world premiere of James Joyce's play Banished - in German.

Works

Dramas

  • The veiled king . Drama. 1891
  • Lies . Drama. 1891
  • King Harlequin . Masquerade. 1900
  • The three graces . Comedy. 1910
  • Casanova's son . Comedy. 1920
  • The werewolf . Comedy. 1921
  • The good European . Comedy. 1927
  • The parrot . Comedy. 1931
  • Visit from beyond . Drama. 1931

Libretti

Translations

  • Reporter . Comedy by Ben Hecht and Charles McArthur. 1928
  • The royal family . Play by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber.

Narrative and essayistic prose

  • Critical studies on the psychology of literature . 1895
  • The Vienna Burgtheater . Schuster & Löffler Publishing House, Berlin 1899
  • Septet . Novel. 1905
  • The trip into the blue . Novel. 1908
  • Kurfürstendamm . Novel. 1910
  • The Lord of Berlin . Novel. 1910
  • The soul of Spain . 1916
  • The art of seduction. A manual of love . With drawings and original lithographs by Lutz Ehrenberger. 1925

literature

Web links

Commons : Rudolf Lothar  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ René Geoffroy: Hungary as a place of refuge and place of work for German-speaking emigrants (1933–1938 / 39) . Frankfurt am Main: Lang 2001, p. 128f
personal data
SURNAME Lothar, Rudolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Spitzer, Rudolf Lothar (real name); Lothar, Rudolph (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer, critic and essayist
DATE OF BIRTH February 23, 1865
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest
DATE OF DEATH October 2, 1943
Place of death Budapest