Jelusich, Mirko#
Jelusich, Mirko, b. Semily, Czech Republic (then Podmoklitz), Dec. 12, 1886, d. Vienna, June 22, 1969, writer and theatre critic. At the time of the corporative state leading member of the illegal National Socialist organisation ("Kampfbund fuer deutsche Kultur"), among the key figures of National Socialist cultural policy in Austria; between March and July 1938 provisional manager of the Vienna Burgtheater. 1945-1949 in custody. His historic novels ("Caesar", 1929), which were highly popular in his time, propagated the power of the "strong man" and the political objectives of Fascism.
Works#
novels, dramas, film scripts, collections of poems and anecdotes.Literature#
J. Sachslehner, Fuehrerwort und Fuehrerblick. M. J., 1985; NDB.