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Friedrich Torberg (16 September 1908, Vienna, Alsergrund – 10 November 1979, Vienna) is the pen-name of Friedrich Kantor, an Austrianwriter.
Torberg is known best for his satirical writings in fiction and nonfiction, as well as his translations into German of the stories of Ephraim Kishon, which remain the standard German language version of Kishon's work. A staunch anti-communist, Torberg used his prominence as a theater critic to boycott Bertolt Brecht's plays in most of Austria for over a decade.
Austrian Olympic swimmer and swimsuit model Hedy Bienenfeld was the inspiration for the character "Lisa" in his novel The Pupil Gerber (Der Schüler Gerber).[1]
Naming of Torberggasse in Penzing (Vienna 14th District) (1981)
Selected works
Der Schüler Gerber hat absolviert (1930) (this semi-autobiographical novel tells the story of a grammar school student under the oppression of a tyrannical teacher); later editions bore the shortened title Der Schüler Gerber, under which the novel is now generally known.
… und glauben, es wäre die Liebe (1932)
Süsskind von Trimberg. Roman. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1972, ISBN3-10-079002-2 (fictitious biography)
Die Tante Jolesch oder Der Untergang des Abendlandes in Anekdoten (1975) (a collection of amusing yet bittersweet anecdotes about Jewish life and personalities in pre-Nazi Vienna and Prague, and in the emigration), translated by Maria Poglitsch Bauer and Sonat Hart, Ariadne Press, 2008, ISBN978-1-57241-149-4.
Die Erben der Tante Jolesch (1978) (the sequel to the above)
Further reading
Atze, Marcel; Patka, Markus G., eds. (2008). Die "Gefahren der Vielseitigkeit". Friedrich Torberg 1908–1979. Katalog zur gleichnamigen Ausstellung im Jüdischen Museum Wien. Vienna: Holzhausen. ISBN978-3-85493-156-0. (The "Hazards of Versatility")