!!!Sacher-Masoch, Alexander von

Sacher-Masoch, Alexander von, b. Vítkovice, Czech Republic (then Witkowitz), Nov. 18, 1901, 
d. Vienna, Aug. 17, 1972, narrative writer, playwright, poet. Son of 
Artur Wolfgang von  Sacher-Masoch, great-nephew of Leopold von  
Sacher-Masoch. Chemist, from 1938 journalist in Belgrade, 1940-1943 
imprisoned on the isle of Korčula, 1944-1946 worked for the radio 
service of the allied forces. Together with F. T.  Csokor was a 
major contributor to the re-establishment of the Austrian  P.E.N. 
Club, became its first secretary general after the war. Founder and 
editor-in-chief of the publication "Oesterreichisches Tagebuch" 
(1946-1950). His novels and stories describe life in imperial Austria.

!Works
novels: Die Parade, 1946; Beppo und Pule, 1947; Abenteuer eines 
Sommers, 1948; Die Oelgaerten brennen, 1956. - Narratives: Piplatsch 
traeumt. Zigeunergeschichten, 1949; Es war Ginster ..., 1952; Der 
verlorene Garten, 1953; Vierbeinige Geschichten, 1953. - Drama: Das 
unsichtbare Volk, 1947 (with P. Rismondo, radio play 1958). - 
Translations.

!Literature
OeBL.



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