!!!Fischer, Ernst Pseudonyme Peter Wieden, Pierre Vidal b. Chomutov, Czech Republic (then Komotau), July 3, 1899, d. Prenning near Deutschfeistritz (Styria), July 31, 1972. Politician (Austrian Communist Party, KPOe), author and journalist; 1927-1934 editor of the social-democratic daily newspaper "Arbeiterzeitung"; joined the KPOe in 1934; emigrated to Prague and in 1939 to Moscow; returned to Austria in 1945; Staatssekretaer for educational and cultural matters; 1945-1959 member of the Nationalrat; 1945-1969 member of the central executive committee of the KPOe. After criticizing the suppression of the "Prague Spring" excluded from the KPOe in 1969. awarded the Karl-Renner-Preis for his achievements as a publicist and also highly esteemed as an author. He was known as a brilliant political speaker. !Works Krise der Jugend, 1931; Freiheit und Diktatur, 1934; Der oe. Volkscharakter, 1944; Oe. 1848, 1946; F. Grillparzer, 1948; Zeitgeist und Literatur, 1964; Kunst und Koexistenz, 1966; Erinnerungen und Reflexionen, 1969; Das Ende einer Illusion: Erinnerungen 1945-1955, 1973. - Edition: Werkausgabe in Einzelbaenden, ed. by K.-M. Gauss, 8 vols., 1984-1991. !Literature B. Fetz (ed.), E. F. Texte und Materialien, 2000. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Fischer,_Ernst|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]