!!!Doderer, Heimito von Pseudonym René Stangeler

Doderer, Heimito von (pseudonym: Rene Stangeler), 
b. Hadersdorf-Weidlingau near Vienna, Sept. 5, 1896, 
d. Vienna, Dec. 23, 1966. Writer. From 1915 military service, 
1916-1920 prisoner of war in Siberia; studied history and philosophy 
in Vienna (Dr. phil., 1925). In 1933 member of National Socialist 
Party, but left the party soon after (converted to Catholicism in 
1940). From 1937 worked as reader for a publishing house in Munich 
where his novel "Everyman a Murderer" ("Ein Mord, den jeder begeht"), 
appeared in 1938. From 1940 served in the military again, captured by 
the British and imprisoned until 1946. D.'s novel "Die 
Strudlhofstiege" appeared in 1951 and established his success as a 
writer. Novels such as "The Demons" ("Die Daemonen", 1956) or "The 
Waterfalls of Slunj" ("Die Wasserfaelle von Slunj", 1963) won him 
renown as one of the most important Austrian novelists of the postwar 
period. D. died of cancer while working on the novel "Der Grenzwald" 
(1967, appeared posthumously). 1957 awarded the Grand Austrian State 
Prize and in 1964 the Grand Prize of the Bavarian Academy of Fine 
Arts.

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D.'s novels and narratives, some of which are rigidly structured 
according to musical principles, demonstrate a critical view, 
especially of Viennese society. The everyday impressions and 
experiences, described in his diaries ("Tangenten", 1964) served as 
the basis and point of departure for his prose. His impressive command 
of language and ingenious narrative techniques place D. among the 
greatest of Austrian novelists.

!Further works
Novels: Das Geheimnis des Reichs, 1930; Die 
erleuchteten Fenster, 1951; The Merovingians (Die Merowinger), 1962; 
Roman Nr. 7 (part 1: Die Wasserfaelle von Slunj, 1963). - 
Narratives: Die Bresche, 1924; Das letzte Abenteuer, 1954; Die 
Posaunen von Jericho, 1958; Die Peinigung der Lederbeutelchen, 1959; 
Fruehe Prosa, ed. H. Flesch-Brunningen, 1968. - Poetry: Ein Weg im 
Dunklen, 1957. - Essays: Der Fall Guetersloh, 1930; Grundlagen und 
Funktion des Romans, 1959. - Editions: W. Schmidt-Dengler (ed.), Die 
Wiederkehr der Drachen. Aufsaetze, Traktate, Reden, 1970; 
Schmidt-Dengler, Commentarii 1951-1966, 2 vols., 1976/85; 
Tagebuecher aus dem Nachlass, 2 vols., 1976/86; Das 
erzaehlerische Werk, 9 vols., 1995.

!Literature
H. v. D. 1896-1966, Symposion anlaesslich des 
80. Geburtstages in Wien 1976, 1978; Internationales Symposion 
H. v. D. am 4./5. 10. 1986, 1986; D. Weber, 
H. v. D., 1986; L.-W. Wolff, H. v. D., 1996; W. 
Fleischer, Das verleugnete Leben, 1996; K. Luehrs (ed.), "Excentrische 
Einsaetze". Studien und Essays zum Werk H. v. D., 1998; 
H. Loeffler, Doderer-ABC. Ein Lexikon fuer Heimitisten, 2000.


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