Victor von Reisner

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Victor von Reisner (born November 21, 1860 in Branjevina, Slavonia , † June 1, 1919 in Berlin ) was an Austro-Hungarian journalist, translator and Slavonian native writer who wrote German .

Life

Victor von Reisner was born on November 21, 1860 near the town of Čepin , which is why he often added Čepinsky to his name. He was the second son of Emerich and Marija von Reisner, whose family had been awarded the title of nobility in 1791 by the Austrian Emperor Leopold II . Victor also had an older brother, Adam.

Victor's family was wealthy and respected. The mother came from a wealthy German family. Victor's father owned the “Golden Anchor” ironworks in Osijek . In 1856 Emerich von Reisner founded the first match factory in southern Europe.

Since Victor was the second son and Adam inherited the factory, a career in the army was planned for him . As a young officer, Reisner took part in the Austrian occupation of Bosnia in 1878. However, his career in the army was ended by a serious injury and, back in Osijek, he devoted himself to literature and became a journalist, writer and translator from French and Italian.

Victor was enthusiastic about the ideas of Josip Juraj Strossmayer , who campaigned for the promotion of Croatian art, in contrast to his father, who was considered a Germanophile . Since the two opinions could not be reconciled, Victor went to Berlin in 1885 and never returned to Osijek. Reisner did not write in Croatian , but in German, but he always felt connected to his Slavonian homeland. He kept in touch with his brother Adam and his mother, and he also dedicated his collection of novels to the latter. Contact with the father was completely broken.

Victor worked as a journalist and freelance writer in Berlin. He was also the editor of several Berlin magazines, such as B. “Berlin Observer” and “Happy Art”. He married in 1890 and stayed in Berlin until his death. Victor von Reisner died on June 1, 1919.

job

In addition to his work as an editor of several Berlin magazines, Reisner tried his hand at writing, but was not successful either in Germany or in his home country. At that time, Croatia wanted to free itself from Hungarian and German influence. However, since Reisner's works were written in German, it was not read here. Nevertheless, he used typically Croatian expressions in his stories, which can be confusing for a German reader. There was no breakthrough in Germany because his works were more characteristic of German literature of the 19th than the 20th century. He wrote mainly about the village mentality in Slavonia, the traditions, the relationship between town and village, between tradition and modernity. Despite his aristocratic parentage, he felt close to the life of ordinary people. He also wrote about the life of the Jews in Croatia, about the reservations and prejudices of the Croats against their fellow Jews. He was critical of life and rural morality. His writing style is realistic and humorous at the same time. Reisner does not make fun of the farmers, but shows their naivety and their human limitation, which is reflected in humorous scenes.

His stories are often based on real events, such as: B. in the novel Mama carelessness . There he describes a noble family, but he changes the place of the event and the names of the people.

Works

  • Juraj Dragutinovich . Novel from Croatian society. S. Fischer, Berlin 1896
  • My master right . Croatian - slavon. Village stories. Romanwelt, Berlin 1897
  • Hot ground . Novel in two books. Alfred Schall publishing house, Berlin 1901.
  • The innocence . Humorist. - satire. Time images. R. Eckstein Nachf., Berlin 1901
  • Happy art . C. Messer, Berlin 1902
  • Slavonian village stories . Collection of novels. H.Costenoble, Berlin 1902
  • Mama carelessness . 2nd Edition. Verlag für Moderne Literatur, Berlin 1904, 347 pp.
  • A pleasant legacy . Humorous novel. C. Duncker, Berlin 1905, 477 pp.
  • Great Chosen! . Satirical images of time. Verlag für Moderne Literatur, Berlin 1905, 128 pp.

In addition, Reisner also wrote plays, of which only the comedy "Feudal Lords" from 1897 was performed.

  • Feudal lords. Comedy in 3 acts
  • Captain Hartring. Play in 3 acts . Ent, Berlin 1907, 67 pp.
  • Comedian marriage. Satirical comedy in 3 acts

literature

  • Gradsko poglavarstvo Osijek, Od turskog do suvremenog Osijeka, Zavod za znanstveni rad Hrvatske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti u Osijeku , 1996
  • Zlata Živaković-Kerže, S traditionalnih na nove puteve, Trgovina, obrt, industrija i bankarske ustanove grada Osijeka na prijelazu stoljeća od godine 1868 do 1918 , 1991
  • Vlado Obad: Slavonska Književnost na njemačkom jeziku , 1989 (Baron Victor von Reisner- Esseker Windbag and Berlin Bohemian)
  • Godišnjak njemačke narodnosne zajednice , VDG yearbook, 1991

swell

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personal data
SURNAME Reisner, Victor von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reisner-Čepinsky, Viktor von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Slavonian, German-speaking journalist, writer and translator
DATE OF BIRTH November 21, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH Branjevina
DATE OF DEATH June 1, 1919
Place of death Berlin