!!!Hohlbaum, Robert

b. Krnov, Czech Republic (then Jaegerndorf), Aug. 28, 1886, 
d. Graz (Styria), Feb. 4, 1955, librarian and writer. Prominent author 
of much-read popular and nationalist works during the 1st Republic. In 
his historical novels (Grenzland, 1921; Zukunft, 1922; Die deutsche 
Passion, 1924) he spoke against democracy and in favour of annexation 
to the German Reich. Wrote "Fuehrer-novels" heroising the Fuehrer 
(Stein, 1934), worked for the then illegal NSDAP on cultural and 
educational policies. Awarded A. Stifter Prize (literary prize) in 
1951.

!Further works
Mein Leben, 1936 (autobiography); many novels, novellas 
and volumes of poetry.

!Literature
J. Sonnleitner, Die Geschaefte des Herrn R. H., 1989.



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