!!!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.



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