Volkmar Parschalk

Volkmar Parschalk (born May 13, 1934 in Innsbruck ; † August 25, 2016 in Vienna ) was an Austrian culture editor who was best known as a long-time theater, opera and literary critic of the radio station Ö1 .

Life

In 1968, at Ernst Schönwiese's request, Parschalk was commissioned by ORF general manager Gerd Bacher to set up a culture section for radio station Ö1 . Parschalk has not only introduced the cultural part of the Ö1 news programs called “journals” ( morning journal , midday journal , evening journal or night journal ), but also the following weekly radio programs: the literary program Ex Libris , the theater program Im Rampenlicht , the opera workshop and the popular weekdays "Day by Day" public broadcast.

Parschalk, who until 1995 Head of Ö1 was -Hauptabteilung culture, the end of 2007 at the " Freie Buhne Wieden " Schiller The parasite entitled bribes from the gun lobby staged.

Awards

Salzburg Critics' Prize

Web links

Literature by and about Volkmar Parschalk in the catalog of the German National Library
Matthias Däuble: Volkmar Parschalk . A life for culture.
Volkmar Parschalk in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
Contributions with Volkmar Parschalk in the Austrian media library

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b orf.at - Former Ö1 cultural director Parschalk has passed away . Article dated August 26, 2016, accessed August 26, 2016.
↑ STANDARD Verlagsgesellschaft mbH: Volkmar Parschalk, the Ö1 cultural director for many years, has died . In: derStandard.at . ( derstandard.at [accessed on October 20, 2016]).
↑ "A 'Current Culture' did not yet exist. The 'Current Service' took part in the cultural reporting. That bothered Schönwiese tremendously until he succeeded in enforcing this department and Volkmar Parschalk. Prof. Dr. Volkmar Parschalk, initially for the Bacher held a 'provincial' man, came from Innsbruck to Vienna on the advice of Hans Weigel in early 1968. Radio director [Dr. Alfred] Hartner called the Tyrolean somewhat contemptuously 'cultural dairy farmer' ". Alfred Driver : Ö1 belongs to. The annotated success story of a radio station. Vienna: Böhlau, 2007. p. 29.

personal data
SURNAME	Parschalk, Volkmar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian cultural journalist
DATE OF BIRTH	May 13, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH	innsbruck
DATE OF DEATH	August 25, 2016
Place of death	Vienna

[:0-1] orf.at - Former Ö1 cultural director Parschalk has passed away . Article dated August 26, 2016, accessed August 26, 2016.

[2] STANDARD Verlagsgesellschaft mbH: Volkmar Parschalk, the Ö1 cultural director for many years, has died . In: derStandard.at . ( derstandard.at [accessed on October 20, 2016]).

[3] "A 'Current Culture' did not yet exist. The 'Current Service' took part in the cultural reporting. That bothered Schönwiese tremendously until he succeeded in enforcing this department and Volkmar Parschalk. Prof. Dr. Volkmar Parschalk, initially for the Bacher held a 'provincial' man, came from Innsbruck to Vienna on the advice of Hans Weigel in early 1968. Radio director [Dr. Alfred] Hartner called the Tyrolean somewhat contemptuously 'cultural dairy farmer' ". Alfred Driver : Ö1 belongs to. The annotated success story of a radio station. Vienna: Böhlau, 2007. p. 29.