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von Czibulka, or Alfons Cibulka (born 28 June 1888, Ratboř Castle (''

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Radborsch'') near

Kolín Kolín (; german: Kolin, Neu Kolin, Collin) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 32,000 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument reservation. Administra ...

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– died 22 October 1969,

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) 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 the magazine ''

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'' with

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, a fantasy magazine which also published some

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and

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. In the

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he received the "''Literary Prize of the City Munich''" in 1938.NS-Literaturpreise für österreichische Autoren: eine Dokumentation, von Helga Mitterbauer, Boehlau Wien, 1998,

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)

References

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