Alfons von Czibulka
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Alfons Freiherr
von Czibulka, or Alfons Cibulka (born 28 June 1888, Ratboř
Castle (Schloss
Radborsch) near Kolín
, Bohemia
– died 22 October 1969, Munich
) was a Czech-Austrian writer and painter. (Pseudonym A. von Birnitz)
Czibulka was the son of general Freiherr Hubert von Czibulka and Marie von Birnitz. In 1919 he co-founded of supernatural fantasy magazine Der Orchideengarten
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Freiherr
The German titles Freiherr and Freifrau and Freiin are titles of nobility, used preceding a person's given name or, after 1919, before the surname...
von Czibulka, or Alfons Cibulka (born 28 June 1888, Ratboř
Ratboř
Ratboř is a village and municipality in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. -References:*This article was initially translated from the Czech Wikipedia....
Castle (Schloss
Schloss
Schloss is a German word for a building similar to a château, palace or manor house; or what in the British Isles would be known as a stately home...
Radborsch) near Kolín
Kolín
Kolín is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic some east from Prague, lying on the Elbe river.-History:Kolín was founded by king Přemysl Otakar II in the 13th century, first mentioned in 1261. Later on, 1437, a castle was founded here...
, Bohemia
Bohemia
Bohemia is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands. It is located in the contemporary Czech Republic with its capital in Prague...
– died 22 October 1969, Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
) was a Czech-Austrian writer and painter. (Pseudonym A. von Birnitz)
Czibulka was the son of general Freiherr Hubert von Czibulka and Marie von Birnitz. In 1919 he co-founded of supernatural fantasy magazine Der Orchideengarten
Der Orchideengarten
Der Orchideengarten was a Munich, German magazine that appeared for 51 issues from January, 1919 until November, 1921. Founded four years before the American magazine Weird Tales was launched in March 1923, it is hailed as the first fantasy magazine...
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Literary works
- Die grossen Kapitäne (biography, 1923)
- Prinz Eugen (biography, 1927)
- Der Münzturm (novel, 1936)
- Der Kerzlmacher von St. Stephan (novel, 1937)
- Das Abschiedskonzert (novel, 1944)
- Reich mir die Hand, mein Leben (novel, 1956)