Huppert, Hugo#
Huppert, Hugo, b. Bielsko Biala (Poland), June 5, 1902, d. Vienna, March 25, 1982, poet, narrative writer, culture critic, translator. After the burning down of the Ministry of Justice arrested as a member of the Communist Party in 1927, 1928 emigration to the Soviet Union. 1930 member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, 1938 imprisoned, 1939-1941 lecturer at the Maxim Gorki Institute. Returned to Vienna with the Soviet army in 1945. Wrote mainly sketches about his travels and a comprehensive autobiography (1976-1979), his writings are characterised by socialist realism. Translations from Russian (W. Mayakovski) and Old Georgian.
Edition: Collected works in singular volumes, 5 vols., 1976-1982.
Literature#
M. Reso, H. H., in: H. Haase and A. Mádl (eds.), Oe. Literatur des 20. Jh. in Einzeldarstellungen, 1988.