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'''Franz Carl Weiskopf''' (3 April 1900, Prague - 14 September 1955) was a [[German language|German]]-speaking writer. Born in Prague, he was often referred to as '''F. C. Weiskopf''', he also used the pseudonyms '''Petr Buk''', '''Pierre Buk''' and '''F. W. L. Kovacs'''. He died in Berlin in 1955.
'''Franz Carl Weiskopf''' (3 April 1900 in [[Prague]] 14 September 1955) was a [[German language|German]]-speaking writer. Born in Prague, then part of [[Austria-Hungary]], he was often referred to as '''F. C. Weiskopf''', he also used the pseudonyms '''Petr Buk''', '''Pierre Buk''' and '''F. W. L. Kovacs'''. He died in Berlin in 1955.


== The Life of a Writer ==
== Life ==


Weiskopf was the son of a German banker who was Jewish and a Czechoslovakian mother.{{citation needed|date=August 2012}} He studied at a German school in Prague and then went to university in his hometown to study [[Germanistik]] and history from 1919-1923. He traveled to the Soviet Union in 1926 and in 1928 moved to Berlin where he became editor of the ''Berlin am Morgen'' newspaper. He married [[Grete Weiskopf|Grete Bernheim]]. He was a member in good standing of the ''Confederation of Proletarian Revolutionary Writers'' (German: ''Bund proletarisch-revolutionärer Schriftsteller'') and participated in a conference in 1930 with [[Anna Seghers]] in [[Kharkiv|Charkow]] in the Soviet Union.
Weiskopf was the son of a German banker who was Jewish and a Czech mother.{{citation needed|date=August 2012}} He studied at a German school in Prague and then went to university in his hometown to study [[Germanistik]] and history from 1919–1923. He traveled to the Soviet Union in 1926 and in 1928 moved to Berlin where he became editor of the ''Berlin am Morgen'' newspaper. He married [[Grete Weiskopf|Grete Bernheim]]. He was a member in good standing of the ''Confederation of Proletarian Revolutionary Writers'' (German: ''Bund proletarisch-revolutionärer Schriftsteller'') and participated in a conference in 1930 with [[Anna Seghers]] in [[Kharkiv|Charkow]] in the Soviet Union.


After the takeover by the Nazis in 1933 Weiskopf returned to Prague, where he was editor of the ''[[Arbeiter-Illustrierte-Zeitung]]''. When Czechoslovakia fell to the invading Germans in October 1938, the newspaper was forced to shut down, and Weiskopf fled to Paris. From there, he fled to the [[United States]] in April 1939, with the help of the ''[[League of American Writers]]''. He survived the war in [[New York City|New York]].
After the takeover by the Nazis in 1933 Weiskopf returned to Prague, where he was editor of the ''[[Arbeiter-Illustrierte-Zeitung]]''. When Czechoslovakia fell to the invading Germans in October 1938, the newspaper was forced to shut down, and Weiskopf fled to Paris. From there, he fled to the [[United States]] in April 1939, with the help of the ''[[League of American Writers]]''. He survived the war in [[New York City|New York]].
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His wife initiated a [[F.-C.-Weiskopf-Prize|Weiskopf named Prize]], which has been awarded since 1956 for contribution to the preservation of the German language.
His wife initiated a [[F.-C.-Weiskopf-Prize|Weiskopf named Prize]], which has been awarded since 1956 for contribution to the preservation of the German language.

F.C. Weiskopf and his wife are buried in Berlin's [[Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde|Friedrichsfelde Cemetery]].


== Works ==
== Works ==
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== Films ==
== Films ==
* 1957: [[Lissy (film)|Lissy]] - Director: [[Konrad Wolf]]
* 1957: ''[[Lissy (film)|Lissy]]'' - Director: [[Konrad Wolf]]
* 1977: Abschied vom Frieden - Director: [[Hans-Joachim Kasprzik]]
* 1977: ''Abschied vom Frieden'' - Director: [[Hans-Joachim Kasprzik]]


== Further reading ==
== Further reading ==
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** Bd. 1. ''Unterlagen aus der literarischen Tätigkeit von F. C. Weiskopf'', 1958
** Bd. 1. ''Unterlagen aus der literarischen Tätigkeit von F. C. Weiskopf'', 1958
* [[Grete Weiskopf]] (Hrsg.): ''Erinnerungen an einen Freund'', Berlin 1963
* [[Grete Weiskopf]] (Hrsg.): ''Erinnerungen an einen Freund'', Berlin 1963
* '' Weiskopf, Franz Carl''. In: ''Lexikon sozialistischer deutscher Literatur. Leipzig 1964, S. 537-540 <small>mit Bibliografie, S. 540.</small>
* '' Weiskopf, Franz Carl''. In: ''Lexikon sozialistischer deutscher Literatur''. Leipzig 1964, S. 537-540 <small>mit Bibliografie, S. 540.</small>
* Franziska Arndt: ''F. C. Weiskopf'', Leipzig 1965
* Franziska Arndt: ''F. C. Weiskopf'', Leipzig 1965
* Ludvík Václavek: ''F. C. Weiskopf und die Tschechoslowakei'', Praha 1965
* Ludvík Václavek: ''F. C. Weiskopf und die Tschechoslowakei'', Praha 1965
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* Petra Gallmeister: ''Die historischen Romane von F. C. Weiskopf „Abschied vom Frieden“ und „Inmitten des Stroms“'', Frankfurt am Main [u. a.] 1983
* Petra Gallmeister: ''Die historischen Romane von F. C. Weiskopf „Abschied vom Frieden“ und „Inmitten des Stroms“'', Frankfurt am Main [u. a.] 1983
* Volker Haase: ''„Will man nicht 70 Millionen ausmerzen oder kastrieren ...“. Ein Beitrag zu F. C. Weiskopfs deutschlandpolitischen Vorstellungen im Exil.'' In: Literarische und politische Deutschlandkonzepte 1938-1949. Hrsg. von Gunther Nickel, Göttingen 2004, S. 239-269
* Volker Haase: ''„Will man nicht 70 Millionen ausmerzen oder kastrieren ...“. Ein Beitrag zu F. C. Weiskopfs deutschlandpolitischen Vorstellungen im Exil.'' In: Literarische und politische Deutschlandkonzepte 1938-1949. Hrsg. von Gunther Nickel, Göttingen 2004, S. 239-269
* [[Volker Weidermann]]: ''Das Buch der verbrannten Bücher''. Köln: Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2008; ISBN 978-3-462-03962-7. (Zu Weiskopf Seite 55/57)
* [[Volker Weidermann]]: ''Das Buch der verbrannten Bücher''. Köln: Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2008; {{ISBN|978-3-462-03962-7}}. (Zu Weiskopf Seite 55/57)


== External links ==
== External links ==
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* {{DNB-Portal|118630423}}
* {{DNB-Portal|118630423}}
* [http://nemesis.marxists.org/weiskopf-umsteigen-21-jahrhundert1.htm F. C. Weiskopf: ''Umsteigen ins 21. Jahrhundert'' (1927)]
* [http://nemesis.marxists.org/weiskopf-umsteigen-21-jahrhundert1.htm F. C. Weiskopf: ''Umsteigen ins 21. Jahrhundert'' (1927)]
* [http://golm.rz.uni-potsdam.de/Seghers/flucht/Web/norafcw.htm Biographie]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090404151744/http://golm.rz.uni-potsdam.de/Seghers/flucht/Web/norafcw.htm Biographie]
* [http://www.stifterverein.de/de/autorenlexikon/w-z/weiskopf-franz-carl.html Biografie im Autorenlexikon des Adalbert Stifter-Vereins]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000136/http://www.stifterverein.de/de/autorenlexikon/w-z/weiskopf-franz-carl.html Biografie im Autorenlexikon des Adalbert Stifter-Vereins]


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Latest revision as of 03:39, 18 April 2024

Franz Carl Weiskopf (right), with Gotthold Gloger and Alex Wedding.

Franz Carl Weiskopf (3 April 1900 in Prague – 14 September 1955) was a German-speaking writer. Born in Prague, then part of Austria-Hungary, he was often referred to as F. C. Weiskopf, he also used the pseudonyms Petr Buk, Pierre Buk and F. W. L. Kovacs. He died in Berlin in 1955.

Life

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Weiskopf was the son of a German banker who was Jewish and a Czech mother.[citation needed] He studied at a German school in Prague and then went to university in his hometown to study Germanistik and history from 1919–1923. He traveled to the Soviet Union in 1926 and in 1928 moved to Berlin where he became editor of the Berlin am Morgen newspaper. He married Grete Bernheim. He was a member in good standing of the Confederation of Proletarian Revolutionary Writers (German: Bund proletarisch-revolutionärer Schriftsteller) and participated in a conference in 1930 with Anna Seghers in Charkow in the Soviet Union.

After the takeover by the Nazis in 1933 Weiskopf returned to Prague, where he was editor of the Arbeiter-Illustrierte-Zeitung. When Czechoslovakia fell to the invading Germans in October 1938, the newspaper was forced to shut down, and Weiskopf fled to Paris. From there, he fled to the United States in April 1939, with the help of the League of American Writers. He survived the war in New York.

After the end of the war, Weiskopf was in the diplomatic service of Czechoslovakia and worked, first at an Embassy in Washington DC, 1949 to 1950 as ambassador to Stockholm, and from 1950 to 1952 as ambassador to Beijing. In 1952 he returned to Prague, but moved in 1953 to East Berlin. In the last years of his life he was a board member of the Deutscher Schriftstellerverband, and published the magazine New German Literature (German: Neue Deutsche Literatur) together with Willi Bredel and became member of PEN.

F.C. Weiskopf wrote novels, short stories, stories, anecdotes, poetry and essays. His work was always realistic, stylistically far above the average for other authors of the Socialist realism. His narrative works were mostly set in the middle of Czechoslovakia and describe the path of solidarity of citizens and workers since the First World War.

His wife initiated a Weiskopf named Prize, which has been awarded since 1956 for contribution to the preservation of the German language.

F.C. Weiskopf and his wife are buried in Berlin's Friedrichsfelde Cemetery.

Works

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  • Es geht eine Trommel, Berlin-Schöneberg 1923
  • Die Flucht nach Frankreich, Wien [u. a.] 1926
  • Umsteigen ins 21. Jahrhundert, Berlin 1927
  • Wer keine Wahl hat, hat die Qual, Berlin 1928
  • Der Traum des Friseurs Cimbura, Berlin 1930
  • Der Staat ohne Arbeitslose, Berlin 1931 (zusammen mit Ernst Glaeser und Alfred Kurella)
  • Das Slawenlied, Berlin 1931
  • Zukunft im Rohbau, Berlin 1932
  • Die Stärkeren, Moskau [u. a.] 1934
  • Die Versuchung, Zürich 1937
  • La tragédie tchécoslavaque, Paris 1939 (unter dem Namen Pierre Buk)
  • The untamed Balkans, New York 1941 (unter dem Namen Frederic W. L. Kovacs)
  • Vor einem neuen Tag, Mexico 1944
  • Himmelfahrts-Kommando, Stockholm 1945
  • Die Unbesiegbaren, New York 1945
  • Unter fremden Himmeln, Berlin 1948
  • Abschied vom Frieden, Berlin 1950
  • Elend und Größe unserer Tage, Berlin 1950
  • Der ferne Klang, Berlin 1950
  • Menschen, Städte und Jahre, Wien 1950
  • Kinder ihrer Zeit, Berlin 1951
  • Die Reise nach Kanton, Berlin 1953
  • Das Anekdotenbuch, Berlin 1954
  • Aus allen vier Winden, Berlin 1954
  • Verteidigung der deutschen Sprache, Berlin 1955
  • Literarische Streifzüge, Berlin 1956
  • Gesammelte Werke, Berlin
    • Bd. 1. Abschied vom Frieden, 1960 (bereits 1950 im Dietz Verlag erschienen)
    • Bd. 2. Inmitten des Stroms. Welt in Wehen, 1960
    • Bd. 3. Das Slawenlied. Vor einem neuen Tag, 1960
    • Bd. 4. Lissy. Himmelfahrtskommando, 1960
    • Bd. 5. Gedichte und Nachdichtungen, 1960
    • Bd. 6. Anekdoten und Erzählungen, 1960
    • Bd. 7. Reportagen, 1960
    • Bd. 8. Über Literatur und Sprache. Verteidigung der deutschen Sprache, 1960
  • Briefwechsel 1942 - 1948, Berlin [u. a.] 1990 (mit Bodo Uhse)

Editorials

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  • Januartage, Prag-Karlin 1926
  • Denise Leblond-Zola: Zola, Berlin 1932
  • Hundred towers, New York 1945
  • Kisch-Kalender, Berlin 1955

Translations

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  • Tschechische Lieder, Berlin 1925
  • Das Herz - ein Schild, London 1937
  • Gesang der gelben Erde, Berlin 1951
  • Chien Tien: Des Tien Tschien Lied vom Karren, Berlin 1953
  • Max Švabinský: Schmetterlingszeit, Prag 1954

Films

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Further reading

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  • Franziska Arndt: Vorläufige Bibliographie der literarischen Arbeiten von und über F. C. Weiskopf (1900–1955), Berlin 1958 (zusammen mit Achim Roscher)
  • Marianne Angermüller: Vorläufiges Findbuch des literarischen Nachlasses von F. C. Weiskopf (1900–1955), Berlin
    • Bd. 1. Unterlagen aus der literarischen Tätigkeit von F. C. Weiskopf, 1958
  • Grete Weiskopf (Hrsg.): Erinnerungen an einen Freund, Berlin 1963
  • Weiskopf, Franz Carl. In: Lexikon sozialistischer deutscher Literatur. Leipzig 1964, S. 537-540 mit Bibliografie, S. 540.
  • Franziska Arndt: F. C. Weiskopf, Leipzig 1965
  • Ludvík Václavek: F. C. Weiskopf und die Tschechoslowakei, Praha 1965
  • Irmfried Hiebel: F. C. Weiskopf, Schriftsteller und Kritiker, Berlin [u. a.] 1973
  • Petra Gallmeister: Die historischen Romane von F. C. Weiskopf „Abschied vom Frieden“ und „Inmitten des Stroms“, Frankfurt am Main [u. a.] 1983
  • Volker Haase: „Will man nicht 70 Millionen ausmerzen oder kastrieren ...“. Ein Beitrag zu F. C. Weiskopfs deutschlandpolitischen Vorstellungen im Exil. In: Literarische und politische Deutschlandkonzepte 1938-1949. Hrsg. von Gunther Nickel, Göttingen 2004, S. 239-269
  • Volker Weidermann: Das Buch der verbrannten Bücher. Köln: Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2008; ISBN 978-3-462-03962-7. (Zu Weiskopf Seite 55/57)
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