!!!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.



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