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Sigmund Münz (portrait study by Philip Alexius de László ; 1902)

Sigmund Münz (born as Sigmund Minz , May 7, 1859 in Leipnik , Austrian Empire ; died September 7, 1934 in Budapest ) was an Austrian journalist and writer .

Life

Sigmund Minz was the son of the merchant Löbl Minz and Josefine Labin. His older brother was the philosopher Bernhard Münz (1856-1919). Both were related to the journalist Bernhard Münz (1857–1921).

Münz studied history in Vienna and Tübingen and received his doctorate in Vienna in 1883 with a dissertation on the Roman consul Dio Cassius .

From 1885 he worked as a foreign correspondent for German and Austrian newspapers in Italy, until 1888 in Rome , then until 1891 in Milan , Venice and Florence and wrote in particular for the Frankfurter Zeitung . From 1892 until the First World War he was a political editor and columnist for the Neue Freie Presse . Münz also wrote political essays for the Neue Wiener Journal and was a correspondent for the Argentine newspaper La Nación from 1920 to 1934 . Münz conducted political interviews and wrote his books from the personal knowledge of many politicians.

Works

  • The political program of Dio Cassius , phil. Diss. Vienna, 1883
  • From Modern Italy: Studies, Sketches and Letters . Frankfurt am Main: Rütten and Loening, 1889
  • From the Quirinal and the Vatican . Berlin: P. Hüttig, 1891
  • Ferdinand Gregorovius and his letters to Countess Ersilia Caetani-Lovatelli . Berlin: Paetel, 1896
  • Italian reminiscences and profiles . Vienna: Leopold Weiss 1898
  • Modern statesmen. Biographies and encounters . Berlin: General Association for German Literature, 1901
  • Balkan rulers and statesmen, memories and encounters . Vienna: German-Austrian publishing house, 1912
  • From Bismarck to Bülow. Memories and Encounters, 1912
  • Austrian profiles and reminiscences . Vienna: German-Austrian publishing house, 1913
  • To President Th. G. Masaryk: an appeal in the twelfth hour . Vienna: Ed. Strache, 1919
  • World Congress and Last Judgment. Appeal to the high spirits of all peoples . Vienna: Ed. Strache, 1919
  • Prince Bulow. The statesman and man . Berlin: Verlag für Kulturpolitik, 1930
  • Edward VII in Marienbad. Politics and conviviality in the bohemian seaside resorts . Vienna, Saturn, 1934

literature

Web links

Commons : Sigmund Münz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Münz, Bernhard (1856–1919), librarian and philosopher, at ÖBL Volume 6 1975, p. 436f.
  2. ↑ Münz, Bernhard. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 6, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1975, ISBN 3-7001-0128-7 , p. 436.
personal data
SURNAME Münz, Sigmund
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian journalist
DATE OF BIRTH May 7, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipnik
DATE OF DEATH September 7, 1934
Place of death Budapest