Franz Karl Ginzkey

Franz Karl Ginzkey
Franz Karl Ginzkey
Born	8 September 1871
Died	11 April 1963 (aged 91); Vienna
Occupation	Officer and writer
Awards	doctor honoris causa (University of Vienna); City of Vienna Literature Prize (1954) ;

Franz Karl Ginzkey (8 September 1871, Pola, Austrian Littoral, Austria-Hungary (now Pula, Croatia) - 11 April 1963, Vienna) was an Austro-Hungarian (then Austrian) officer, poet and writer. His arguably most famous book Hatschi Bratschis Luftballon (Hatschi Bratschi's Balloon) captivated generations of children.

Life

Franz Karl Ginzkey, son of a Bohemian German professional officer of the Austrian Navy, was in the imperial army until 1897. During that period he was intermittently also commander of the as barracks used (Rainer-infantry regiment) Fortress Hohensalzburg. From 1897 to 1914 he worked as a cartographer at the Militärgeographischen Institute (Militarygeographic institute) in Vienna, afterwards in the war archive. Since 1920, he was a retired military member and then worked as a freelance writer. At the time of the Austro-Fascism, he was (for the professional group of artists) from 1934 to 1938 Member of the Council of State and after 1938 came to terms with the leaders of National Socialism and even joined the NSDAP. He was friends with Max Mell and Stefan Zweig, and furthermore with Faistauer Anton and Carl Zuckmayer. Moreover, Ginzkey participated in the founding of the Salzburg Festival and for decades was a member of its board of trustees. Since 1944 he lived in Seewalchen at Lake Attersee.

After the end of war Ginzkeys Die Front in Tirol (The front in Tyrol) (Fischer, Berlin, 1916) was blacklisted in the Soviet zone of occupation. [1]

On his 100th birthday a Franz-Karl-Ginzkey monument was erected in Seewalchen at Lake Attersee.

He rests in a grave of honor (German: Ehrengrab) at the Vienna Central Cemetery (Group 32 C, Number 25).

Ginzkey is numbered among the circle of newromantic poets and novelists. One of his literary discoverers was Peter Rosegger. A part of his work shows great connection to Salzburg. This witness the following works:

Wie ich Herr auf Hohensalzburg ward When I was master at Hohensalzburg
Altsalzburger Bilder nach 10 Federzeichnungen (gemeinsam mit Ulf Seidl ) Altsalzburger images after 10 pen drawings (together with Ulf Seidl)
Jakobus und die Frauen (1908) Jacob and the Women
Der seltsame Soldat (1925) The strange soldier
Der Heimatsucher (1948) The home searcher
Das Antlitz Salzburgs (1933) The face of Salzburg
Salzburg und das Salzkammergut (1934) Salzburg and the Salzkammergut
Prinz Tunora (1934) Prince Tunora
Salzburg, sein Volk und seine Trachten (1934) Salzburg, its people and its costumes

In 1968 the square between Alpenstraße (Alpine street) and Adolf-Schemel-Straße (Adolf-Schemel street) in the Salzburg district of Salzburg-Süd (Salzburg-South) (Alpinsiedlung) was named in his honor Ginzkeyplatz.

Literary works (a selection)

Hatschi Bratschis Luftballon, 1904
Der von der Vogelweide, 1912
Der Wiesenzaun. Erzählung, 1913
Aus der Werkstatt des Lyrikers. Vortrag, 1913
Den Herren Feinden! Ein Trutz- und Mahnlied, 1914
Die Front in Tirol, 1916
Der Gaukler von Bologna, Roman, 1916
Befreite Stunde. Neue Gedichte, 1917
Der Doppelspiegel. Betrachtungen und Erzählungen, 1920
Rositta, 1921
Der Prinz von Capestrano, 1921
Von wunderlichen Wegen. 7 Erzählungen, 1922
Brigitte und Regine, Novelle, 1923
Die Reise nach Komakuku. Geschichten aus seltsamer Jugend, 1923
Der Weg zu Oswalda. Erählung, 1924
Der seltsame Soldat, 1925
Der Kater Ypsilon. Novellen, 1926
Der Gott und die Schauspielerin, 1928
Florians wundersame Reise über die Tapete, 1931
Drei Frauen. Rosita - Agnete - Oswalda, 1931
Gespenster auf Hirschberg. Aus der hinterlassenen Handschrift des Majors von Baltram, 1931
Das verlorene Herz. Ein Märchenspiel, 1931
Magie des Schicksals. Novelle, 1932
Das Antlitz Salzburgs, 1933
Prinz Tunora, Roman, 1934
Salzburg und das Salzkammergut, 1934
Salzburg, sein Volk und seine Trachten, 1934
Liselotte und ihr Ritter oder Warum nicht Romantik?, Roman, 1936
Sternengast. Neue Gedichte, 1937
Der selige Brunnen. Eine Raphael Donner-Novelle, 1940
Meistererzählungen, 1940
Erschaffung der Eva. Ein epischer Gesang, 1941
Zeit und Menschen meiner Jugend, 1942
Taniwani. Ein fröhliches Fischbuch, 1947
Der Heimatsucher. Ein Leben und eine Sehnsucht, 1948
Genius Mozart, 1949
Die Geschichte einer stillen Frau, Roman, 1951
Der Träumerhansl, 1952
Altwiener Balladen, 1955
Der Tanz auf einem Bein. Ein Seitensprung ins Wunderliche, 1956
Franz Karl Ginzkey. Ausgewählte Werke in vier Bänden, 1960

Decorations and awards

1921 Adolf Mejstrik Prize for poetry from the German Schiller Foundation
1932 Honorary doctorate from the University of Vienna
1941 Ring of Honour of the City of Vienna
1954 Literary Prize of the City of Vienna
1957 Grand Austrian State Prize for Literature, with Heimito von Doderer
1957 Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
Ring of the city of Salzburg

In 1968, Ginzkeyplatz was named in his honour in the Salzburg district of Salzburg-Süd (Alpensiedlung) between Alpenstrasse und Adolf-Schemel-Strasse. Ginzkey's 100th birthday in 1971 was marked by a Franz-Karl Ginzkey monument on the Attersee Seewalchen.

References

External links

Works by or about Franz Karl Ginzkey at Internet Archive
Franz Karl Ginzkey in the German National Library catalogue
Kurzbiografie zu Franz Karl Ginzkey (in German)
Franz Karl Ginzkey In: Projekt Historischer Roman. Datenbank. Universität Innsbruck. (in German)
Nachlass von Franz Karl Ginzkey in der Wiener Stadt- und Landesbibliothek (in German)
Franz-Karl-Ginzkey-Denkmal in Seewalchen am Attersee (in German)

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