!!!Ginzkey, Franz Karl

b. Pula, Croatia (then Pola), Sept. 8, 1871, 
d. Vienna, April 11, 1963, author. Professional officer until 1897; 
1897-1914 civil servant at the Institute for Military Geography in 
Vienna, 1934-1938 member of the State Council (Staatsrat); helped 
found the Salzburg Festival, for decades member of the festival's 
board of trustees. G. also wrote poetry and novels in neo-Romantic 
style. Esp. renowned for children's books like "Hatschi Bratschis 
Luftballon" (1904) and "Florians wundersame Reise ueber die Tapete" 
(1931), which are popular to this day. Awarded the Grand Austrian 
State Prize and the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art in 1957.

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Edition: Ausgewaehlte Werke, 4 vols., 1960.

!Literature
K. Heydemann, Literatur und Markt. Werdegang und 
Durchsetzung eines kleinmeisterlischen Autors in Oe. Der Fall G. 
(1891-1938), 1985; R. Hangler et al., Der Fall F. K. G. und 
Seewalchen, 1989.



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