Rollett, Edwin#
Rollett, Edwin, b. Graz (Styria), Jan. 24, 1889, d. Vienna, Dec. 7, 1964, narrative writer and journalist. Son of Alexander Rollett. 1921-1937 editor of the "Wiener Zeitung", 1938 editor-in-chief of the "Volkszeitung"; 1938-1940 Flossenbuerg concentration camp; 1946-1948 director of the Vienna publishers Ullstein-Verlag; 1957 awarded the Journalism Prize of the town of Vienna. Editor of "Neue Oe. Biographie" (from 1935) and the series "Ewiges Wort" (from 1946).
Works#
literary studies: K. Kraus, 1934; Oe. Gegenwartsliteratur, 1946; Der Schriftsteller in der Demokratie, 1947; 75 Jahre neues Burgtheater, 1963.