Fritz Hochwälder (1911–1986)
Autor de Das heilige Experiment
Sobre El Autor
Créditos de la imagen: Photograph © ÖNB/Wien
Obras de Fritz Hochwälder
The Strong Are Lonely: A Play in Two Acts (adapted by Eva Le Gallienne from the French version by J. Mercure and R.… (1968) 2 copias
Holocaust: A Court for the Dead : A Play in Three Acts (Studies in Austrian Literature, Culture, and Thought… (2003) 1 copia
Hotel du commerce 1 copia
Modern International Drama; The Magazine of Contemporary International Drama in Translation. 1 copia
Stücke. Das Heilige Experiment. Die Herberge. Der Unschuldige. Der Himbeerpflücker. Der Befehl 1 copia
Dramen1 Esther / Das heilige Experiment / Hotel du Commerce / Meier Helmbrecht / Der öffentliche Ankläger (1975) 1 copia
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre canónico
- Hochwälder, Fritz
- Otros nombres
- Hochwaelder, Fritz
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1911-05-28
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1986-10-20
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- Austria
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Vienna, Austria
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Zurich, Switzerland
- Lugares de residencia
- Zurich, Switzerland
Vienna, Austria - Educación
- Volkshochschule Ottakring
- Ocupaciones
- dramatist
scriptwriter
actor - Relaciones
- Esslin, Martin (translator)
- Premios y honores
- Literaturpreis der Stadt Wien (1955)
Großer Österreichischer Staatspreis für Literatur
Österreichisches Ehrenzeichen für Wissenschaft und Kunst - Biografía breve
- Fritz Hochwälder was born to a Jewish family in Vienna, Austria. His parents were Therese (Koenig) and Leonhard Hochwälder, an upholsterer, from whom he learned the craft as an apprentice. He also pursued higher education on his own, taking classes at the adult education center Volkshochschule Ottakring. He was involved with the Social Democratic Party of Austria. During this time, he began writing as a hobby. His tragedy Jehr (1933), and a comedy, Liebe in Florenz (1936), were produced at the Wiener Kammerspiele. In 1938, following Nazi Germany's Anschluss (annexation) of Austria, Hochwälder had to flee the country. He reached Switzerland by swimming across the Rhine, and spent some time in internment. Both his parents were murdered in the Nazi concentration camp at Terezín (Theresienstadt). Unable to obtain a work permit, Hochwälder turned to writing as a career. His early drama Das heilige Experiment (The Holy Experiment), was first performed in 1942 in Switzerland and then premiered in liberated Austria in 1947. The play was a major hit and brought him international fame after it was performed in Paris in 1952 under the title Sur la Terre comme au ciel. The following year, it was produced on Broadway in English translation as The Strong Are Lonely. Hochwälder's most successful period was the 1950s, when he served as playwright-in-residence at the Burgtheatre in Vienna and his works continued to be widely performed abroad. Most of his plays were social and political dramas that featured a conflict between individual morality and obedience to authority. His works were often adapted for television, and he also wrote screenplays. Among his many honors, Hochwälder received the Prize of the City of Vienna (1955) and the Grillparzer Prize (1956). His only full-length novel, Donnerstag (Thursday), written in pre-war Vienna and found among his papers after his death, was published posthumously in 1995.
Miembros
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 16
- Miembros
- 35
- Popularidad
- #405,584
- Valoración
- 3.6
- ISBNs
- 14
- Idiomas
- 3
- Favorito
- 1