Robert Lucas (writer)
Robert Lucas (born Robert Ehrenzweig, 8 May 1904 – 19 January 1984) was an Austrian Jewish writer.
Robert Lucas | |
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Born | |
Died | 19 January 1984 79) | (aged
Nationality | Austrian |
Other names | Robert Ehrenzweig |
Occupation | Writer, journalist |
Lucas studied chemistry and physics at the Vienna University of Technology and University of Vienna. He worked later as an author for the socialdemocratic publisher Vorwärts-Verlag and was writing political cabarets. In 1931 he wrote the opening ceremony "Das Große Festspiel" for the 1931 Workers' Olympiad in Vienna.[1]
Lucas emigrated to London in 1934 as the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria was outlawed and many of its members imprisoned by the Austrofascist regime. He was a correspondent for the Austrian newspaper Neue Freie Presse and from 1938, worked for the German Service of the BBC. During the war he wrote German-language British propaganda with other emigrants, like Bruno Adler. In 1940 Lucas created a fictional character "Corporal Adolf Hirnschal" and wrote hundreds of satires that were produced by the BBC and broadcast to Germany.[2][3]
His 1972 biography of Frieda Lawrence was translated into English by Geoffrey Skelton.
Honors
References
- Erwin Leuchter (1902–1973) Retrieved 12 July 2013.
- Österreichische Mediathek: "Chronisten, Reporter, Aufklärer - Robert Lucas" (in German). Retrieved 12 July 2013.
- Moorehead, Kristina (August 30, 2019). "How Britain fought Hitler with humour". BBC - Culture. Retrieved September 2, 2019.