!!!Hochwälder, Fritz

b. Vienna, May 28, 1911, 
d. Zurich (Switzerland), Oct. 20, 1986, dramatist. Originally a joiner 
and upholsterer, later trade union secretary, in 1938 emigrated to 
Zurich, where he lived until the end of his life. His dramas were 
often staged especially during the 1950s and 1960s. Followed 
traditional forms and by using historical subjects showed the 
discrepancy between the ideal on the one hand and political or social 
reality on the other. In his most famous drama "Das heilige 
Experiment" (1947) he describes the dissolution of the Jesuit State in 
Paraguay as a result of a political struggle for power. Awards: 1956 
Grillparzer Prize, 1966 Grand Austrian State Prize, 1980 Austrian 
Decoration for Science and Art.

!Further works
Jehr, 1932; Liebe in Florenz, 1936; Der Fluechtling, 
1946; Die verschleierte Frau, 1946; Der Unschuldige, 1949; Virginia, 
1951; Donadieu, 1953; Der oeffentl. Anklaeger, 1954; Der Verfolgte, 
1954; Hôtel du Commerce, 1954; Die Herberge, 1956; Meier 
Helmbrecht, 1958; Donnerstag, 1959; Esther, 1960; Schicksalskomoedie, 
1960; 1003, 1964; Der Himbeerpfluecker, 1965 (TV-production in 1964); 
Der Befehl, 1967; Die Prinzessin von Chimay, 1982. - Im Wechsel der 
Zeit. Autobiograph. Skizzen und Essays, 1980; radio plays. - Edition: 
Dramen, 4 vols., 1975-1985.

!Literature
W. Bortenschlager, Der Dramatiker F. H., 1979; R. B. 
Gross, F. H., 1988.



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