Raoul Auernheimer Reports on Austrian Writers in 1945 and Lectures in American Exile by Daviau, Donald G.

Raoul Auernheimer Reports on Austrian Writers in 1945 and Lectures in American Exile (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781482301014)

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Raoul Auernheimer Reports on Austrian Writers in 1945 and Lectures in American Exile by Daviau, Donald G.

Raoul Auernheimer Reports on Austrian Writers in 1945 and Lectures in American Exile

$22.00
Raoul Auernheimer Reports on Austrian Writers in 1945 and Lectures in American Exile by Daviau, Donald G.

Raoul Auernheimer Reports on Austrian Writers in 1945 and Lectures in American Exile

$22.00
Format: Paperback
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Reports and Lectures presented here illustrate contributions that Raoul Auernheimer (born Vienna 1876-died Oakland, California 1948) made in exile to assist the postwar recovery of Austria. The reports on Austrian writers enabled American authorities (OSS -- Office of Strategic Services) to identify those authors who could be relied upon to help with the revival of Austrian literature to its former prominence. Through his long association with the PEN Club in Vienna along with his position as theater commentator and reviewer for the leading Austrian newspaper, the "Neue Freie Presse," Auernheimer was the logical choice for this task. In the many lectures that he delivered in exile Auernheimer aimed to familiarize Americans with Austrians and Austrian literature, life and culture to differentiate them from the Germans and plead for different treatment for his countrymen after the war. He lectured to widely varied audiences at literary groups, universities and churches as well as to Navy Men in San Francisco and Army troups at Monterey preparing for occupation duty in Austria. His advocacy of European unity and globalization to prevent future wars make these texts as relevant today as when they were written.

Author: Donald G. Daviau,Raoul Auernheimer
ISBN-10: 1482301016
ISBN-13: 9781482301014
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 03/08/2013
Pages: 268
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.56d
By Donald G. Daviau
By Donald G. Daviau
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Donald G. Daviau, Professor of Austrian and German Literature at the University of California, Riverside (emeritus), literary critic and historian, translator and editor. President of the International Arthur Schnitzler Research Association and editor of the literary journal Modern Austrian Literature from 1974-2000, President of the American Council for the Study of Austrian Literature, organizer of the Annual Austrian Symposium at the University of California, Riverside from 1981-2000, founder and editor of Ariadne Press from 1987 to 2000. Member of the Vienna PEN Club, the Adalbert Stifter Association in Linz, first president of the Vienna INST (International Institute for the Study and Furtherance of Austrian Literature and Culture), lifelong member of the Modern Language Association. Awarded the Austrian Ehrenkreuz für Wissenschaft und Kunst. Author and editor of numerous books and articles on Austrian authors and topics from 1800 to the present.

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