Wilhelm Franke (writer)

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Wilhelm Franke (born May 28, 1901 in Vienna , Austria-Hungary ; died February 24, 1979 there ) was an Austrian teacher and writer.

Life

Wilhelm Franke attended the teacher training college in St. Pölten , where he was a student of the Germanist and historian Heinrich Raab . He began to work as a secondary school teacher in Litschau in the Waldviertel and later worked in Gmünd . After his retirement he lived in Vienna. The sculptor Andreas Richter was his son-in-law.

Franke wrote prose and poetry. In 1933 his first volume of poetry was published, Wirrnis und Weg . His poetry dealt with life in the Lower Austrian villages. In 1938 he received the Julius Reich Prize for the collection of poems Wanderer im Waldland . Richard Maux set some poems to music.

Works (selection)

  • Confusion and path . Vienna: Krystall, 1933
  • Hikers in the woodland . Vienna: Krystall, 1938
  • In dark woods, on silver roads . Reichenberg: Kraus, 1939
  • Erich, the stonemason . Novel. Like: Amandus, 1947
  • Under the wandering clouds . Poems. Vienna: Kremayr & Scheriau, 1955
  • People by the wayside . Stories. Krems ad Donau: Faber, 1956
  • Children, artists, hikers . Pictures Oskar Matulla. Vienna: Amandus-Verl., 1959
  • Little people from the green frontier . Stories. Krems: Book club Heimatland, 1960
  • With a few strokes . A sketchbook. Krems / Donau: Heimatland-Verl., 1965

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Entry on Richard Maux in the Austria Forum , author / editor: P. Diem (biography)
personal data
SURNAME Franke, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian teacher and writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH February 24, 1979
Place of death Vienna