Robert Lucas (writer)

Robert Lucas (born Robert Ehrenzweig, 8 May 1904 – 19 January 1984) was an Austrian Jewish writer.

Robert Lucas
Born(1904-05-08)8 May 1904
Vienna, Austria
Died19 January 1984(1984-01-19) (aged 79)
London, United Kingdom
NationalityAustrian
Other namesRobert Ehrenzweig
OccupationWriter, journalist

Lucas studied chemistry and physics at the Vienna University of Technology and University of Vienna. He worked later as an author for the socialdemocratic publisher Vorwärts-Verlag and was writing political cabarets. In 1931 he wrote the opening ceremony "Das Große Festspiel" for the 1931 Workers' Olympiad in Vienna.[1]

Lucas emigrated to London in 1934 as the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria was outlawed and many of its members imprisoned by the Austrofascist regime. He was a correspondent for the Austrian newspaper Neue Freie Presse and from 1938, worked for the German Service of the BBC. During the war he wrote German-language British propaganda with other emigrants, like Bruno Adler. In 1940 Lucas created a fictional character "Corporal Adolf Hirnschal" and wrote hundreds of satires that were produced by the BBC and broadcast to Germany.[2][3]

His 1972 biography of Frieda Lawrence was translated into English by Geoffrey Skelton.

Honors
gollark: Your ISP is almost certainly unable to break the encryption, although it's entirely possible the VPN provider just logs it on their end.
gollark: It does. This is literally the point of VPNs.
gollark: I wonder if I can submit dubious computery software things to <#825258902651273216>.
gollark: I'm a transistor cult member, no.
gollark: Why do we have a gecko cult now?

References
  1. Erwin Leuchter (1902–1973) Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  2. Österreichische Mediathek: "Chronisten, Reporter, Aufklärer - Robert Lucas" (in German). Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  3. Moorehead, Kristina (August 30, 2019). "How Britain fought Hitler with humour". BBC - Culture. Retrieved September 2, 2019.


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