Probst, Johann Eugen
Writer, Librarian and Museum Specialist
Born November 24, 1858 Vienna and died August 4, 1937 Mödling (Lower Austria). Son of a merchant; grew up in Arad (Banat) and then attended high school in Dresden. P. was supposed to learn the trade profession in Vienna, however, he also developed self-taught, continue and stud 1881-83. Students at the Univ. Vienna Phil., History and German Studies. From 1886 in the service of the city of Vienna, P. – from 1889 scriptor, from 1898 custodian and 1904–22 as successor to Glossys (sd) Dir. Der municipal. Smlg. – a diverse and extremely meritorious cultural policy. Work both in the biblical sector (creation of important catalogs, increasing the holdings of the Hss. Smlg. By significant estates, maintenance of the Musiksmlg. Esp. Towards folk music, creation of a Volksbibl. In the Villa Wertheimstein, Vienna XIX., Etc .) as well – especially as an initiator – in museums and exhibitions. Area (participation in important exhibitions, establishment of the mus. Vindobonense etc.).
As a writer, P. is one of the most important representatives of the Donauschwaben. Prose literature around the turn of the century. Mostly published in Meschendörfer’s “Karpathen”. Ore and novellas are rather limited in topic and course of action and often come from the milieu of the Banat German middle class; with his “schoolmaster of Arbesdorf” he created a development and artist novel, which, however, does not match the role models of cellars and donors, but remains epigonal.
W .: Elisabeth Tarrakanow (drama), 1882; The schoolmaster of Arbesdorf (Roman), 1932. Erz .: The Lord of Mezökut, in: Ueber Land und Meer, 1901, self-employed (= German Banater Volksbuch 28), approx. 1920; Verena, in: Calendar of the German Schulver. to the year 1903, also in: Die Karpathen 7, 1913/14, H. 2; Deadly love, in: Die Karpathen 5, 1911/12, H. 2 ff .; Sonntagskinder, ibid., 5, 1911/12, H. 20 ff., Self-employed (= German Banater Volksbuch 27), ca.1920; Happiness, in: Die Karpathen 7, 1913/14, H. 14; The Treasure, ibid., 7, 1913/14, H. 20; etc. Contribution for: A Wr. Beethoven book, ed. by A. Orel, 1921; Jb. Der Grillparzer-Ges .; etc. estate, Wr. City and State Archives, Vienna.
L .: N. Wr. Tagbl. on June 18, 1922 and August 25, 1937; RP of the 20th, N. Fr. Pr. And Wr. Latest news from August 25, 1937; A. Scherer, Meschendörfer’s relationship to JEP, in: Südostdt. Quarterly 13, 1964, p. 23 ff .; ders., G. Keller and JEP, ibid., 19, 1970, p. 34 ff .; Giebisch – Gugitz; Kosch; W. Schneider, Die auslandsdt. Poetry of our time, 1936, p. Reg .; KK Klein, History of German Literature Abroad, 1939, p. Reg .; M. Petri, The literature of the Southeast Swabia in its development from the beginning to the present, phil. Diss. Berlin, 1940, pp. 48 f .; A. Scherer, JEP (with bibliography) (= published by the Südostdt. Kulturwerk, RB, 2), 1954; Wr. City and State Archives, Vienna; Mitt. W. Deutschmann, Vienna.
Source: Austrian Biographical
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