Wolf von Schilgen

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Wolf von Schilgen (born September 28, 1917 in Münster, actually Wolf Egon von Schilgen, also as Wolf-Egon Friedrich Baron von Schilgen-Arnsberg; †  May 18, 2015 in Großgmain ) was an Austrian writer , publicist , journalist and columnist of German origin.

Life

Origin, education, career path

Wolf Egon von Schilgen was born in 1917 into an aristocratic family while still in the monarchy of the Kingdom of Prussia . His mother was Elisa Baroness von Schilgen (1882–1941); his father, Alfred Baron von Schilgen (1878–1943), was an officer and was a "humanist with body and soul". This shaped his childhood and youth. In 1923 he came to southern Styria with his parents , the family had owned a summer residence here. He attended the secondary school in Graz and after graduating from high school, studied German at the University of Graz . In addition, he devoted himself to aviation and became a pilot, his passion was aerobatics . After the so-called seizure of power by the National Socialists in his home country, as a German citizen at the time, he was drafted into the Reich Labor Service in 1938 after graduating . During the Second World War he served as a pilot in the German Air Force and flew as a dive pilot - but he "did not kill a single person."

After the war, von Schilgen said he was trained as an actor by a Hans Obonja at the Vienna Burgtheater . In further years he published "well over 1000 articles and columns" in various newspapers and magazines and was publisher and editor-in-chief as well. Among other things, he worked as a columnist for the Salzburger Nachrichten from 1985 to 1993 . From August 1993 he published his books under the label Continent in his own publishing house by Schilgen GmbH , based in Großgmain; he brought this out mainly under the title The laughing satirist .

Private

In 1946, Wolf Egon von Schilgen became an Austrian citizen and moved his permanent residence to Großgmain near Salzburg, some of which he also lived in London .

Von Schilgen, father of three daughters from his first marriage and multiple (great) grandfather, was married to Eva Maria von Schilgen (born June 17, 1948 in Vienna), daughter of Walter von Hoesslin . He died on May 18, 2015 at the age of 97 in his home town of Großgmain. He is buried in the Großgmain local cemetery.

Honorary positions

Von Schilgen was volunteer as Vice-President of the Styrian Writers and Journalists Association, as Head of the State Political Information Service (STAD) and as Vice-President of the United Nations League .

Together with his wife Eva Maria, Wolf von Schilgen supported the Paracelsus Medical Private University (PMU) in Salzburg, both financially and with time. There he taught a program for young doctors called “doctrina vitae”, it was a kind of teaching of life. In 2012 the couple donated two houses to the PMU through a foundation .

Awards (selection)

  • 1930s / 1940s: Golden Pilot Badge (Golden Award) of the Kingdom of Italy
  • Member of the Athenaeum for Art and Science in London
  • Certificate of honor from the International Robert Stolz Society
  • Golden Pin of the League of United Nations
  • Gold medal of merit of the state of Salzburg
  • 2002: City seal of the state capital Salzburg
  • September 2007: City seal in gold of the state capital Salzburg

Publications

  • I can't think of a title . Satires. Druckhaus Nonntal Bücherdienst, Salzburg 1985 (self-published).
  • The comma. Druckhaus Nonntal Bücherdienst, Salzburg 1986 (self-published).
  • You are welcome sir! London impressions. Druckhaus Nonntal 1988 (self-published).
  • The confessions of a stressed husband. Satire (=  The laughing satirist. ) Continent, Großgemain 1993, ISBN 3-901375-04-X .
  • What does Venus cost? Artists, fools, sensations. Continent, Großgemain 1994, ISBN 3-901375-05-8 .
  • With serenity. Satires (=  The laughing satirist. ) Continent, Großgemain 1996.
  • It's not easy for us! Satires (=  The laughing satirist. ) Continent, Großgemain 1999.
  • Not without a woman. (=  The laughing satirist. ) Continent, Großgemain 2002, ISBN 978-3-901375-08-8 .
  • You don't believe it. Continent, Großgemain 2004, ISBN 978-3-901375-09-5 (=  The laughing satirist ).
  • Born a German. ( Autobiography ) Continent, Großgmain 2006, ISBN 978-3-901375-50-7 .
  • That is life! ... Or not! (=  The laughing satirist. ) Illustrated by Renate Geretsegger-Glaser. Continent, Großgmain 2008, ISBN 978-3-901375-10-1 .
  • Love, urges and feelings! (=  The laughing satirist. ) Illustrated by Renate Geretsegger-Glaser. Continent, Großgmain 2010, ISBN 978-3-901375-11-8 .

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c FN 039200y, von Schilgen GmbH, founded October 1991, book and media industry since August 17, 1993, shareholders: Eva Maria von Schilgen and Wolf Egon von Schilgen ( online in: FirmenABC.at, accessed on August 5, 2016 .)
  2. ↑ a b http://www.vonschilgen.at/html/ (link not available) on the official website: “Welcome to Wolf Egon von Schilgen's website (* 9/28/1917 ✝ 5/18/2015)”, accessed on 5 August 2016.
  3. ↑ a b c d e people: Wolf von Schilgen in an interview: “The former stunt pilot, newspaper publisher, screenwriter and writer turns 95 this year and looks back on an eventful life. But the 'laughing satirist' is far from tired. ”In: ECHO Salzburg, May 24, 2012, accessed on August 5, 2016.
  4. ↑ a b c Grave Site of Wolf-Egon Friedrich Baron von Schilgen (1917–2015). (English) In: BillionGraves, image of the tombstone with the inscriptions of the buried family members. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
  5. ↑ a b c Paracelsus Today, Issue 1/2012 as a digitized version on issuu.com, accessed on August 5, 2016.
  6. ↑ Note: In the few, almost identical sources, including the curriculum vitae on the company's own official website (see web links ), written in the spelling Hans Obonja ; what is meant is / was probably the actor Hanns Obonya .
  7. ↑ Mag. Eva Maria von Schilgen, June 17, 1948 special information Economic Chamber elections 2015: election results in the specialist groups. In: Salzburg economy. Salzburg Chamber of Commerce (Ed.), No. 10, March 6, 2015 p. 9 ( digital version ( memento from August 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 625 KB), accessed on August 5, 2016.)
  8. ↑ a b CV: Mag.art. Eva von Schilgen on the joint website of Wolf Egon and Eva Maria von Schilgen, accessed on August 5, 2016.
  9. ^ Writer Wolf von Schilgen died in Großgmain. In: Salzburger Nachrichten , May 18, 2015, accessed on May 18, 2015.
  10. ↑ Wolf von Schilgen in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors , accessed on August 5, 2016. Here given as maiden name: Wolf-Egon Baron von Schilgen-Arnsberg (= first name connected with a hyphen, family name deviating from the official family name according to the Austrian company register ; cf. also the name form on the homepage of the official website).
  11. ↑ Jarek Polanski: “The portrait was supposed to be a present for Wolf-Egon von Schilgen's 98th birthday. Unfortunately he died a few months earlier and never received the gift from his wife Eva. "
personal data
SURNAME Schilgen, Wolf von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schilgen, Wolf Egon von (real name); Schilgen-Arnsbach, Wolf-Egon Baron von; Schilgen-Arnsbach, Wolf-Egon Friedrich Baron von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer, publicist, journalist and columnist of German origin
DATE OF BIRTH September 28, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Muenster
DATE OF DEATH May 18, 2015
Place of death Grossgmain