Rommel, Otto#
b. Sumperk, Czech Republic (then Maehrisch-Schoenberg), June 12, 1880, d. Salzerbad (municipality of Kleinzell, Lower Austria), Sept. 6, 1965, literary and theatre critic. From 1919 head of the Federal Educational Institute for Boys in Vienna; editor of annotated editions of the works of Austrian writers; awards: Prize of the Town of Vienna 1952, Ehrenring of the Town of Vienna 1960.
Works#
Der Wr. Musenalmanach, 1906; Der oe. Vormaerz, 1931; Barocktradition im oe.-bayer. Volkstheater, 4 vols., 1935-1939; Die grossen Figuren der Alt-Wr. Volkskomoedie, 1946; F. Raimund, 1947; Wr. Renaiss., 1947; Die Alt-Wiener Volkskomoedie, 1952. - Ed.: Dt.-oe. Klassiker-Bibl., 48 vols., 1908-1914; L. Anzengruber, Saemtliche Werke, 15 vols., 1921-1925 (with R. Latzke); J. Nestroy, Saemtliche Werke, 15 vols., 1924-1930 (with F. Brukner); F. Raimund, Gesammelte Werke, 1962.