Banat Biographies

The writer of a book, article, poetry, prose or other text

ALSCHER, Otto *1880 Perlass

BARTH, Peter *1898 Blumenthal

BERWANGER, Nikolaus *1935 Freidorf/Temeswar

BINDER, Stefan *1907 Alma (Kreis Sibiu)

BOCKEL, Herbert *1940 Arad

DAMA, Dr. Hans *Großsanktnikolaus

DIPLICH, Hans

DREYER, DAVID

EBENSPANGER, Johannes *1845 Kukmirn

ECKERT KOEHLER, Eve

ELSIE, Robert

ENGEL, Walter *1942 Deutschsanktmichael

ENGELMANN, Nikolaus

FELDINGER, Gottfried *1819 Temeschwar +1903; aka. Foldenyi Frigyes; moved to Budapest

FILIP, Wilma

FISCHER,
Ludwig Vinzenz *1845 Reschitza +1890 (Germany?)

FRANK, Josef  Author & Historian

GABRIEL, Josef (Sr.) *1853 Mercydorf +1927

GABRIEL Josef (Jr.) *1907 (Mercydorf?) +1947 Frankfurt an der Oder; grandson of the above

GEHL, Dr. Hans *1939 Glogowatz

GEIGER, Luzian *1948 Jahrmarkt

Grünn, Karl *1855 Perjamosch +1930; Catholic priest in various Banat parishes

GRAßL, Peter

GRAZIE, Marie Eugenie delle *1864 Weisskirchen (Banat) +1931

HAUPT, Nikolaus *1903 Sackelhausen

HEHN, Ilse (nee Guzun) *1943 Lowrin

HEINZ, Franz *1929 Perjamosch

HEINZ, Stefan, (pseudonyms: Hans Kehrer, Vetter Matz vun Hopsenitz) *Kleinsanktpeter

HIRSCHFELD, Nikolaus *1821 Temeschwar +1877

HOCKL, Hans

HOLLINGER, Rudolf (Pseudonym: Johannes Lennert) *1910 Temeswar

JUNG, Peter *1887 Hatzfeld +1966 Hatzfeld

KAPPUS, Franz Xaver *1883 Temeschwar +1966 Germany, possibly Berlin2

KEHRER, Hans (Pseudonym: Stefan Heinz) Kleinsanktpeter

KONSCHITZKY, Walter

KREMLING, Bruno *1889 Weisskirchen +1962 Heidelberg; his father was the well-known lawyer, Dr. Ludwig Kremling

LEEB, Alex *Knees

LENAU, Nikolaus (Pseudonym: Nikolaus Franz Niembsch Von Strehlenau) *1802 Lenauheim

LESSL, Erwin *1929 Saravale

LIPPET, Johann, *1951 Weis (Austria), lived in Temeswar

MARSCHANG, Franz *1932 Johannisfeld

MILLEKER, Felix *1858 Werschetz +1942

MILLENKOVICH,
Stephan; known as Stephan Milow *1836 Orschowa +1915

MOKKA, Hans *1912 Temeswar

MOLLER, Karl von *1886 Vienna +1943; former mayor of Temeswar

MÜLLER-Guttenbrunn, Adam, *1852, died 1923 in Guttenbrunn

MÜLLER, Herta *1953 Nitzkydorf

MUTTER, Ferdinand *Mercydorf

Duchess OLDOFREDI-HAGER, Julie *1819 Temeschwar +1879 Vienna

ORENDI-HOMMENAU
, Viktor *1870 Elisabethstadt (Dumbraveni, Transylvania) +1954 Bucharest; editor in Temeschwar

ORTINAU, Gerhard, *1953 Borcea/Baragan, lived in Sackelhausen

PALFI, Anton (Pseudonym: P. Anton, Jurgen Jager), *1946 Triebswetter, lived in Temeswar.

PETRI, Anton Peter - Author, Historian; *1923 Lowrin

PREYER
, Johann Nepomuk
*1805 Lugosch +1888 Kirchberg/Wechsel, Austria; elected
mayor of Temeschwar in 1844

PROBST
, Johann Eugen
*1858 Vienna +1937 Vienna; grew up in Arad

REGENYI, Isabella

REITER, Robert, pseudonyms: Franz Liebhard, Johann Wanderer, Georg Hartmann *1899 Temeswar

ROHR, Robert Nikolaus Music Historian, Composer and Author

SAMSON, Horst (Pseudonym: Harry Simon), *1954, Salcâmi in Baragan

SCHARF, Erika (Pseudonym: Karoline Urban), *1929 Temeswar

SCHERER, Anton

SCHIFF, Peter Poet and Author, *Mercydorf

SCHLAUCH, Lörinc *1824, Uj-Arad, Mercydorf Priest

SCHLEICH, Franz Thomas, *1948 Triebswetter, lived in Temeswar

SCHMIDT, Ludwig *1870 Mramorak

SCHMIDT, Nikolaus
*1874 Sigmundhausen (by Arad) +1930 Budapest

SCHNEIDER, EDUARD (Pseudonym: Edgar Schnitzler, Johann Eperschild), *1944 Temeswar

SCHWALM, Georg *1848 Bulkes/Batschka +1921 Pantschewo by Belgrade; priest in Bulkes, Pazna and Pantschewo as of 1877

SCHWARZ, Stefan Lugwig, *1925 Dolatz, lived in Neupetsch

SENETRA, Lorenz *1914 Mercydorf, Farmer Poet

SPRINGENSCHMID, Karl

SCHWICKER, Johann Heinrich *1838 Neubeschenowa +1902 Budapest

STEIGERWALD, Jacob Banat Topola

STEIN, Jakob Konrad (Pseudonym Franz Feld) *1878 Franzfeld +1948 Austria

SZENTRA, Lorenz Poet, *1882 Mercydorf.  To the few well-known farmer poets, Lorenz Senetra is among them.  He wrote many poems while in Russian captivity (1914-1918). A large part of his collection was destroyed through the invasion of the Russians in Mercydorf. 

TÄUBER, Radegunde, *1940 Gertjanosch, lived in Temeswar

TENZ, Maria Horwath

TOTOK, William (Pseudonym: Otto Willik), *1951 Grosskoslosch, lived in Temeswar. Was a member of the Aktionsgruppe Banat, a literary society that fought for freedom of speech.

TULLIUS, Nick *Alexanderhausen

VALENTIN, Anton *1898 Neu Arad +1967 Germany

WAGNER, Richard, *1952 Lowrin, member of the Aktionsgruppe Banat, a literary society that fought for freedom of speech.

WALTER, Elizabeth B.

WETTEL, Franz *1854 Werschetz +1938

WOLF, Johann, Dr. *1905 Bozen, lived in Temeswar

WÜST, Josef Dr.


Sources: 

Banater deutsche Autoren der Gegenwart 1980 von Edward Schneider, NBZ –Volkskalender 1980 Banat-German Authors of the Present - A bio-bibliographic list by Eduard Schneider. 

Deutsche Literatur im Banat (1840-1939): der Beitrag der Kulturzeitschriften zum banatschwa"bischen Geistesleben. Author: Engel, Walter. Publisher: Julius Groos Verlag, Heidelberg, 1982.

Biographisches Lexikon des Banater Deutschtums”, published by A. P. Petri in 1992

Jody McKim

Nick Tullius

Alex Leeb

Antiquariat Dipl.-Ing. Ralf Einhorn


 

Banat Reference Books - Published resources relating to Banat Villages & Families

Banat Coordinators:

Nick Tullius
Ottawa - CA

Alex Leeb
Calgary, CA

Last updated:
01 Dec 2009

 

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