- Robert Hohlbaum
Robert Hohlbaum (
August 28 ,1886 –February 4 ,1955 ) was anAustria n-German librarian, writer, and playwright. He was born in what is nowKrnov in theCzech Republic , then part of theAustro-Hungarian Empire and known by its German name, Jägerndorf.Hohlbaum studied at Graz and
Vienna and received his doctorate from theUniversity of Vienna in 1910. He gained employment as a scientific librarian, but maintained anavocation as a writer, writing principally for the journal "Muskete," along with Mirko Jelusich and Rudolf Hans Bartsch. Hohlbaum was a nationalist and became an officer in the Austrian army duringWorld War I . After the war was over he became involved with the Austrian wing of the right-wingGerman People's Party .In 1933 Hohlbaum moved to Germany, where he became a citizen in 1937. He was a friend of
Josef Weinheber . He thrived during theThird Reich , becoming first the director of the municipal library atDuisburg and later, in 1942, that of the state library atWeimar (now theDuchess Anna Amalia Library ).In disgrace after the war, Hohlbaum was able after a number of attempts to return to Austria in 1951. He settled first in Vienna, and later in Graz, where he died in 1955. His most significant work after the war ended was a book on
Anton Bruckner , "Tedeum."Works
*"Der ewige Lenzkampf", 1913
*"Deutsche Gedichte." "A Cycle," 1916
*"Unsterbliche. " "Novellas," 1919
*"Die Amouren des Magister Döderlein", 1920
*"Grenzland", 1921
*"Franz Karl Ginzkey." "His Life and Work," 1921
*"Fallbeil und Reifrock. " "New Noverllas," 1921
*"Zukunft. Novel", 1922
*"Himmlisches Orchester", 1923
*"Die deutsche Passion", 1924
*"Der wilde Christian. Novel", 1925
*"Die Pfingsten von Weimar", 1926
* "Die Raben des Kyffhäuser. The Novel of the Burschenschaft und their Age", 1927
*"Das Paradies und die Schlange. A Novel from South Tyrol", 1928
*"Winterbrautnacht. Novellas", 1929
*"Das klingende Gift", 1930
*"Deutsches Leid in Österreich", 1930
*"Die Stunde der Sterne. A Bruckner Novella", 1930
*"König Volk", 1931
*"Der Mann aus dem Chaos. A Napoleon Novel", 1933
*"Die Flucht in den Krieg", 1935
*"Der Held von Kolberg", 1935
*"Zweikampf um Deutschland. Novel", 1936
*"Fröhlicher Vormärz. Two Novellas", 1936
*"Grillparzer", 1938
*"Die stumme Schlacht. Novel", 1939
*"Der Kurfürst", 1940
*"Heroische Rheinreise,Novelle,1941
*"Die Königsparade", 1942
*"Balladen vom Geist", 1943
*"Das letzte Gefecht", 1943
*"Symphonie in drei Sätzen. Novellas", 1943
*"Tedeum", 1950
*"Jesus-Legende", 1951
*"Der Heiratsvermittler", 1953
*"Der Zauberstab. Novel of Viennese Musical Life", 1954
*"Des reifsten Weines später Segen", 1967References
Schneider, Josef: Begegnungen mit Robert Hohlbaum. - In: Sudetendeutscher Kulturalmanach. 6 (1967), S. 41-44
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