Egon Seefehlner (3 June 1912, in

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– 25 September 1997) was an

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and opera director. Seefehlner was born in Vienna, Austria. He was a student at Konsularakademie Wien (re-established in 1964 as Diplomatic Academy of Vienna) and studied law at the

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. From 1938 to 1943 Seefehlner worked in the economic department of

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. In 1945, he returned to Vienna, where he served as editor-in-chief of ''Der Turm'' magazine until 1948. From 1946 to 1961, he was executive chairman of the

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. In 1949 he founded Jeunesse - Musikalische Jugend Österreichs, the Austrian subdivision of

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. He also served as assistant director of the

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from 1954 to 1961. In addition, he was the cultural advisor of the federal party management of the

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from 1945 to 1963 and general secretary of the Austrian Cultural Association, which he co-founded. In 1961, he moved back to Berlin to become assistant director of the

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. From 1972 to 1976, he served as general director. From 1976 to 1982 and 1984 to 1986, he was director of the

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. He was buried in an honorary grave at Neustift cemetery (group N, row 1, number 44).

References

External links

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Zum 50. Geburtstag von Egon Seefehlner

Egon Seefehlner feiert am 3. Juni seinen 85. Geburtstag
in German (press release, 85th birthday) * Obituary (in English

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