Friedrich Torberg

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Friedrich Torberg (16 September 1908, Vienna, Alsergrund – 10 November 1979, Vienna) is the pen-name of Friedrich Kantor, an Austrian writer.

Biography

He worked as a critic and journalist in

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]

Honours and awards

• Julius-Empire Award (1933)
• Title of Professor (1958)
• City of Vienna Prize for Journalism (1966)
• Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  (1968)
• Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art
  , 1st class (1968)
• Gold Medal of the Austrian capital Vienna (1974)
• Richard Champion Medal (1974)
• Austrian Decoration for Science and Art (1976)
• Grand Austrian State Prize for Literature (1979)
• 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,
  ISBN 3-10-079002-2
  (fictitious biography)
• ISBN 978-1-57241-149-4
  .
• Die Erben der Tante Jolesch (1978) (the sequel to the above)