Max Mell
Max Mell (1882–1971) was an Austrian writer. He wrote plays, novels and screenplays. He was born in Maribor, then part of the Austrian Empire but now in Slovenia.
Max Mell
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- Name
- Max Mell
- Born
- 10 November 1882
- Birthplace
- Maribor, Austro-Hungarian Empire
- Died
- 12 December 1971 (aged 88)
- Place of death
- Vienna, Austria
- Occupation
- Writer
- Nationality
- Austria
- Honours
- Bauernfeld prize · Grand Austrian State Prize for Literature · Ring of Honour of the City of Vienna · Ring of Honour of the Austrian state Styria · Franz-Grillparzer-Preis · Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
- Languages
- German
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Max Mell (1882–1971) was an Austrian writer. He wrote plays, novels and screenplays. He was born in Maribor, then part of the Austrian Empire but now in Slovenia.
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He studied at Vienna University, and served in the Austrian military during World War I. In 1914 he won the Bauernfeld Prize, and in 1929 he was awarded the Franz Grillparzer Prize. Culturally conservative, in 1951 he tried to counter what he regarded as Nazi distortions of the epic Nibelungenlied with a more faithful reading of the original text. In 1959 he was given the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art.
Max Mell in Der Bücherwurm 18.1933, S. 167
Der Bücherwurm 18.1933, S. 145-183
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• Name — Max Mell • Born — 10 November 1882 • Birthplace — Maribor, Austro-Hungarian Empire • Died — 12 December 1971 (aged 88) • Place of death — Vienna, Austria • Occupation — Writer
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Max Mell is recorded as having received Bauernfeld prize, Grand Austrian State Prize for Literature and Ring of Honour of the City of Vienna.
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1882
Max Mell was born in 1882 at Maribor.
1971
Max Mell died in 1971 at Vienna.
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Max Mell received Bauernfeld prize, Grand Austrian State Prize for Literature, Ring of Honour of the City of Vienna, Ring of Honour of the Austrian state Styria, Franz-Grillparzer-Preis and Austrian Decoration for Science and Art.
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