!!!Blaha, Paul

b. Maribor (Slovenia), April 17, 1925, journalist, theatre director. 
After 1946 journalist in Linz, co-founder of a cellar theatre in Linz, 
1961-1979 drama critic for the "Kurier" newspaper; 1979-1987 director 
of the Vienna  Volkstheater (renovated the main theatre, established a 
drama school for the Volkstheater and founded the Volkstheater studio 
to cater for experimental plays (1981-1986). His progressive and 
political style was often misunderstood by both critics and audience.

!Works
novels: Schoene freie Welt, 1991; Die Hinterbliebenen, 1994; 
Recherche, 1996.

!Literature
G. Schloegl, Der Theaterkritiker P. B. als Direktor des 
Wiener Volkstheaters 1979/1980-1987, 4 vols., 1994-1995.


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