!!!Roth, Joseph Pseudonyme Hamilkar, Christine von Kandl und andere

Roth, Joseph (pseudonym: Hamilkar, Christine v. Kandl et al.), b. Brody (Ukraine), Sept. 2, 1894, 
d. Paris (France), May 27, 1939, novelist, short-story writer, feature 
writer. Studied German and philosophy in Lemberg (Lvív) and 
Vienna; officer during World War I; from 1918 journalist in Vienna, 
then in Berlin, promoted by A.  Polgar, 1923-1932 correspondent for 
the "Frankfurter Zeitung" newspaper. From 1933 exile in Paris, from 
where he travelled to Vienna, Amsterdam, Ostend, etc. R. died in a 
hospital for the poor in Paris, marked by the hardships of his life, 
disappointed with the political situation and suffering from the 
effects of alcoholism.

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His early works deal with the traumatic experiences of officers coming 
home from the war ("Flucht ohne Ende", 1927); in his early 
journalistic writings he supported social democratic ideas. His 
success in the 1920s and his late fame (1956 re-discovered by H. 
Kesten) are based on the fictional portrayal of the Habsburg monarchy 
shortly before its downfall. His novel "Radetzkymarsch" (1932) 
describes the rise and fall of three generations of the Trotta family. 
In the sequel "Die Kapuzinergruft" (1938), the famous Habsburg tomb to 
which the last of the Trottas demands admission, becomes a symbol of 
the fallen monarchy. His "Die Geschichte von der 1002. Nacht" (1939) 
is a variation on this theme, touched for the first time in his novel 
"Hotel Savoy" (1924), in which a hotel serves as a metaphor for a 
chaotic era and the odd characters existing then.

!Further works
novels: Rebellion, 1924; Rechts und links, 1929; Hiob, 
1930; Der Antichrist, 1934; Tarabas, 1934; Beichte eines Moerders, 
1936; Die 100 Tage, 1936; Das falsche Gewicht, 1937; Die Legende vom 
heiligen Trinker, 1939; Der Leviathan, 1940. - Essay: Juden auf 
Wanderschaft, 1927. - Edition: Werke, 3 vols., ed. by H. Kesten, 1956; 
J. R., Romane, 4 vols., 1994.

!Literature
D. Bronsen, J. R. Eine Biographie, 1974; C. Magris, 
Weit von wo, 1974; K. Westermann, J. R., Journalist, 1987; 
H. Lunzer and V. Lunzer-Talos, J. R. 1894-1939, exhibition 
catalogue, Juedisches Museum der Stadt Wien, 1994; NOeB.



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