Wilhelm Michael Treichlinger

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Wilhelm Michael Treichlinger (born May 12, 1902 in Vienna , Austria-Hungary ; died December 11, 1973 in Zurich ) was an Austrian writer and translator .

Life

Wilhelm Treichlinger received acting lessons from Ernst Arndt and studied at the University of Vienna , where he received his doctorate in 1926 with a dissertation on Johann Ludwig Deinhardstein . In 1927/28 he attended Eduard Josef Wimmer-Wisgrill's fashion class at the Vienna School of Applied Arts and was a set designer and actor at the “Young People's Stage” in Vienna.

From 1929 he worked as a costume designer and, for a time, an evening theater director with Max Reinhardt at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin , from whom he designed the costume for the world premiere of Carl Zuckmayer's Der Hauptmann von Köpenick .

At the beginning of 1932 he directed as a guest at the Stadttheater Basel , in the 1932/33 season he was hired as a director for opera and drama. He staged a number of plays and operas and appeared in smaller roles himself. After the handover of power to the National Socialists in 1933, he did not return to Germany, but went to Vienna. After the annexation of Austria , he fled to Switzerland in September 1938 . At the Schauspielhaus Zurich was on 14 November 1942, directed by Leonard Steckel his comedy goddess, people do not try! Premiered.

In 1945 he was part of the “Preparatory Committee of Austrian Artists for Liberated Austria”. After 1945 he had a teaching position for Japanese at the University of Zurich .

Treichlinger wrote for the theater and for the radio. He published numerous culinary guides and books on cultural-historical topics. With Richard Schweizer he wrote the scripts for the films Die Vier im Jeep and Heidi . Treichlinger wrote the libretti for Mark Lothar's operas in Münchhausen , premiered in Dresden in 1933, and Rappelkopf , based on Ferdinand Raimund's Der Alpenkönig und der Misfeind, premiered in Munich in 1958.

Treichlinger translated from the English Arthur Koestler's Die Nachtwandler and from the French Jean Giraudoux 's plays The Crazy of Chaillot and No War in Troy . He also translated from Japanese, Chinese and Arabic.

Fonts (selection)

  • (Ed.): Farewell letters . Vienna: Zsolnay, 1934
  • Goddess don't try people! : Comedy in 3 acts . Stage manuscript, 1946
  • Shu went hunting: Chinese poems from the Shi-King . Transferred from WM Treichlinger. Zurich: Arche, 1948
  • (Ed.): The big and the small: diary entries, eyewitness reports and letters . Zurich: Pan, 1949
  • (Ed.): The talentless Goethe: Opinions of the Goethe opponents . Zurich: Pan, 1949
  • (Ed.): Occult experiences of famous women and men . Stuttgart: Hatje, 1950
  • Japanese proverbs: 330 Japanese proverbs . Selected and translated from Japanese by WM Treichlinger. Stuttgart: Hatje, 1950
  • The most beautiful animal tales in world literature . Collected and partly retold by WM Treichlinger. Pen drawings by Harriet Klaiber. St. Gallen: Zollikofer, 1950
  • (Ed.): On you shepherds sing: Old Christmas carols . Zurich: Pan, 1950
  • (Ed.): From the primeval times of the airship: A collection . Zurich: Pan, 1951
  • with Richard Schweizer : Palace Hotel: A film narration . Zurich: Europe, 1952
  • You and me are happy: A collection of tombstones . Drawings Rolf Lehmann. Zurich: Sanssouci, 1955
  • Chinese proverb: 330 chines. Proverbs . Selected and translated from Chinese by WM Treichlinger. Zurich: The Ark, 1956
  • China invites you to table: 110 walks to a foreign kitchen . Zurich: Sanssouci, 1956
  • Spain invites you to the table: 125 walks to a foreign kitchen . Zurich: Sanssouci, 1957
  • Short coffee visit: history - anecdotes - recipes . Zurich: Sanssouci, 1960
  • Old Austria invites you to the table: From my mothers cookbook . Zurich: Sanssouci, 1960
  • Scandinavia invites you to the table: A cookbook with over 100 recipes . Zurich: Sanssouci, 1962
  • Provence invites you to the table: a gastronomic journey of discovery with over 100 Provencal recipes . Zurich: Sanssouci, 1962
  • Alexander Dumas, the elder, invites you to the table: words, recipes and stories of a great man . Zurich: Sanssouci, 1963
  • Japan invites you to the table: A cookbook with over 80 recipes . Zurich: Sanssouci, 1964
  • The loveliest of all potions: From the cultural history of chocolate. With anecdotes, recipes and a timetable . Zurich: Sanssouci, 1965
  • The Orient invites you to the table: culinary. Dream trip with 110 recipes . Zurich: Sanssouci, 1966
  • First love . Zurich: Sanssouci, 1968
  • The money: its story in stories . Salzburg: Residence, 1968
  • "It greets and loves you ...": A love letter box . Zurich: Sanssouci, 1969

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SURNAME Treichlinger, Wilhelm Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Treichlinger, Wilhelm M.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer and translator
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH December 11, 1973
Place of death Zurich