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Franz Theodor Csokor (6 September 1885–5 January 1969) was an Austrian author and dramatist, particularly well known for his Expressionist dramas. His most successful and best-known piece is ''3. November 1918'', about the downfall of the Austria-Hungary monarchy. In many of his works Csokor deals with themes of antiquity and Christianity. == Life == Csokor was born into a respectable middle-class family in Vienna. (The name Csokor is Hungarian and means ''bunch (flowers )''). He started on a course of art history, but did not finish it. From early on he felt a calling to be a dramatist, and composed his first pieces before World War I. He spent 1913/14 in Saint Petersburg. During the World War I he was a soldier, and was latterly employed in the War Archives From 1922 to 1928 Csokor was the dramaturgist at the Raimundtheater and at the Deutsches Volkstheater in Vienna. From 1933 he was already a decided opponent of National Socialism and signed a document saying so at the PEN congress in Dubrovnik. In 1938, after the annexation of Austria to Germany, he emigrated voluntarily, and after travelling via Poland, Rumania and Hungary, ended up in Italy in 1944, where he lived in Rome. He worked for the BBC and returned to Vienna in 1946 in British uniform. In 1947 Csokor became president of the Austrian PEN Club, with which he remained actively associated until well into his old age. In 1968 he also became vice-president of the International PEN. As a convinced humanist Csokor spoke up in his dramas for peace, freedom and human rights. His creative life was also closely connected with the Labour movement. Csokor was awarded the title of Professor. He died in Vienna, and is buried in a grave of honour in the Zentralfriedhof.〔Gruppe 32 C, Nummer 55〕 The ''Csokorgasse'', a street in Vienna, was named after him in 1975. In 1994 the Austrian Post Office published a special stamp in his honour. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Franz Theodor Csokor」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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