!!!Kaus, Gina eigentlich G. Zirner-Kranz, Pseudonym Andreas Eckbrecht

b. Vienna, Nov. 21, 1894, d. Los Angeles (USA), Dec. 23, 1985, 
writer and scriptwriter. Wrote successful light novels until she 
emigrated in 1939. Friendship with K.  Kraus, H.  Broch, V.  Baum and 
others.

!Works
novels: Die Ueberfahrt, 1932; Die Schwestern Kleh, 1933; 
Katharina die Grosse, 1935; Luxusdampfer, 1937; Der Teufel nebenan, 
1940 (1956 film adaptation under the title "Teufel in Seide"). - 
Comedies: Der laecherliche Dritte, 1926; Whisky und Soda, 1937. - 
Autobiography: Und was fuer ein Leben, 1979 (re-edition under the 
title "Von Wien nach Hollywood", ed. and with an epilogue by S. 
Mulot-Deri, 1992).

!Literature
C. Huber, G. K., master's thesis, Vienna 1994.


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