Willy Lorenz (writer)

Willy Lorenz (born October 15, 1914 in Vienna ; † November 21, 1995 there ) was an Austrian writer , journalist , publisher , historian and diplomat .

Life

Willy Lorenz studied from 1932 at the universities of Berlin , Prague and Vienna (Dr. jur., Dr. phil.), Including at the Institute for Austrian Historical Research. Between 1938 and 1945 he took part in the Austrian resistance against National Socialism (No. 1499 of the Austrian resistance movement). From 1946 he was editor of the Catholic weekly newspaper Die Furche in Vienna, from 1954 to 1975 general director of the Herold publishing house and editor-in-chief of Die Furche .

From 1974 Willy Lorenz was appointed to the Austrian Foreign Ministry by Federal Chancellor Bruno Kreisky and worked as the first press and cultural attaché at the Austrian Embassy in Prague until 1984 . During this time he campaigned strongly for humanitarian aid measures, also for those politically persecuted in what was then Czechoslovakia and was a supporter of Charter 77 .

In the 1970s, Willy Lorenz was also a lecturer in Austrian history at the Karl-Franzens University in Graz .

Willy Lorenz was married to Monika Stepan (1934–1994), daughter of Karl Maria Stepan .

Awards (excerpt)

Commander of the Papal Order of Gregory
Commander of the Papal New Year's Eve
Magistral Knight of the Sovereign Order of Malta
Commander with star of the Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem

Grand Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria (1952)

Cross of Honor for Science and Art 1st Class

Large gold medal for services to the state of Vienna

Large silver medal for services to the state of Lower Austria

Greffier of the Order of the Golden Fleece

Publications

"The Czech parties in old Austria", Univ.-Diss., Vienna 1941
"An apostle of humanity. Thomas Garrigue Massaryk and Catholicism", in: "Voices of Time", Freiburg im Breisgau 1952–1953, vol. 18
AEIOU In all seriousness Austria is irreplaceable , Vienna / Munich 1961 (three editions), Linz 1979 (fourth, expanded edition)
You are in our midst , Vienna 1962
Monologue on Bohemia , Vienna / Munich 1964
The Kreuzherren with the red star , Königstein im Taunus 1964
Peter, the eternal Pope , Vienna 1966
The gentleman and the Christian. On the Temptations of Occidental Man , Vienna 1967
60 minutes Wiener Neustadt, 60 minutes world history , Vienna 1971
Farewell to Bohemia , Vienna / Munich 1973
Franz Joseph in us , Vienna 1974
Side jumps from the autobahn: between Vienna and Salzburg , photographs: Eduard Hueber, Vienna / Munich 1976
Side jumps from the autobahn: Munich - Upper Bavaria - Salzburg; Munich - Inntal - Brenner - South Tyrol , Vienna / Munich 1977
Love for Bohemia , Vienna 1988
"Who was Thomas Garrigue Masaryk? The riddle of his ancestry", in: Research on regional and church history, Graz 1988
"Impressions from Prague", photographs: Herbert Pirker, Innsbruck 1991

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personal data
SURNAME	Lorenz, Willy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian writer and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH	October 15, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	November 21, 1995
Place of death	Vienna