Rittner, Tadeusz Thaddäus, Pseudonym Thomasz Czaszka#
Rittner, Tadeusz (Thaddaeus, pseudonym: Thomasz Czaszka), b. Lvív, Ukraine (then Lemberg), May 31, 1873, d. Bad Gastein (Salzburg), June 19, 1921, playwright, narrative writer, feature writer. Originally law expert at the Ministry of Education, 1915/16 managed the Polish Theater in Vienna, after World War I free-lance writer. Wrote many articles in German and Polish criticizing double moral standards and hypocrisy in his novels ("Die andere Welt", 1921; "Geister in der Stadt", 1921). His most successful drama was the comedy thriller "Woelfe in der Nacht" (1914).
Further works#
Novels: Das Zimmer des Wartens, 1918 (autobiographical); Die Bruecke, 1920. - Novellas: Drei Fruehlingstage, 1900; Ich kenne Sie, 1912. - Dramas: Das kleine Heim, 1908; Unterwegs, 1909; Der dumme Jakob, 1910; Sommer, 1912; Der Mann im Souffleurkasten, 1913; Kinder der Erde, 1915; Garten der Jugend, 1917; Die Tragoedie des Eumenes, 1919.Literature#
G. Wytrzens, Das Wr. Kunstleben der Jahrhundertwende in den poln. Feuilletons von T. R., in: Studia Austro-Polonica 2, 1980; E. Woehres-Ryszawy, T. R. Dramen, doctoral thesis, Vienna 1981; OeBL.