Hiesel, Franz#
b. Vienna, April 11, 1921, d. Oberpullendorf, Burgenland, Nov. 2, 1996, author of radio plays, short stories and poetry, playwright. 1960-67 dramaturge for radio plays at the Norddeutscher Rundfunk, 1967-83 head of the department for radio plays and literature at the Oesterreichischer Rundfunk. Wrote satirical, critical and socially committed radio and television plays. Awarded the Austrian State Prize for Radio Plays in 1954 (for "Von Hoffnung zu Hoffnung"), Radio Play Award of the Association of Persons Blinded in War in 1959 (for "Auf einem Maulwurfshuegel").
Further works#
Radio plays: Die Reise nach Oesterreich, 1960; Was halten Sie von Irma Prein, 1976; Jaburek, 1986. - Television plays: An der schoenen blauen Donau, 1965; Blaues Wild, 1971; Die Ausnahme, 1977. - Dramas, poetry, short stories and narratives.Literature#
R. Heger, Das oesterreichische Hoerspiel, 1977.