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Karl Hans Strobl (18 January 1877 (Jihlava)10 March 1946 (Perchtoldsdorf)) was an Austrian author and editor. Strobl is best known for his horror and fantasy writings. Strobl was a member of the Nazi Party. ==Life== Strobl grew up in Moravia and went to the University of Prague, where he was a member of the "Austria" student fraternity. Strobl was an admirer of Rainer Maria Rilke and wrote a review praising Rilke's poetry collection ''Das Stunden-Buch'' for a newspaper.〔 Strobl was also influenced by the ideas of Houston Stewart Chamberlain.〔Ruthner, Clemens, ''Unheimliche Wiederkehr: Interpretationen zu den gespenstischen Romanfiguren bei Ewers, Meyrink, Soyka, Spunda und Strobl'' Corian-Verlag, 1993 ISBN 3890481191 (p.97)〕 Strobl became a prolific writer of fiction, especially "schauerromanen"—horror stories influenced by Edgar Allan Poe and Hanns Heinz Ewers. Fantasy historian Franz Rottensteiner states that regarding his shorter fiction, Strobl "showed himself an able writer" 〔Franz Rottensteiner, "Austria", in John Clute and John Grant, ''The Encyclopedia of Fantasy''. London, Orbit, 1999. ISBN 1857238931 (pp. 74-75)〕 and anthologist Mike Mitchell describes Strobl's short story "The Head" as "a masterpiece of the macabre genre".〔Mike Mitchell (editor), ''The Dedalus book of Austrian Fantasy: 1890-2000''. Sawtry : Dedalus, 2002. ISBN 1903517133 (p.20)〕 After the First World War ended, Strobl relocated to Germany, where he edited the magazine ''Der Orchideengarten'' with Alfons von Czibulka; it is regarded as the world's first specialized fantasy magazine.〔 Strobl's 1910 novel ''Eleagabal Kuperus'' was adapted as the film ''Nachtgestalten'' in 1920, starring Conrad Veidt and directed by Richard Oswald.〔 During the First World War, Strobl expressed his advocacy for German nationalism by writing a trilogy of historical novels about Otto von Bismarck.〔Roshwald, Aviel, and Stites, Richard. ''European Culture in the Great War: The Arts, Entertainment, and Propaganda, 1914-1918''. Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN 0521013240 (p.145).〕 From the 1920s onward, Strobl became more right-wing and anti-semitic, eventually becoming a supporter of Nazism. Strobl became an advocate of Austria and the Sudetenland being incorporated into German rule; he was expelled from Czechoslovakia in 1934 for pro-Nazi activities.〔Klee, Ernst. ''Das Kulturlexikon zum Dritten Reich. Wer war was vor und nach 1945''. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, (p.601).〕 After the Anschluss he became an important official in the Nazi writers' organisation, the ''Reichsschrifttumskammer'', and devoted his literary career solely to producing pro-Nazi propaganda.〔 At the end of the Second World War, Strobl's house in Vienna was looted by the Red Army and he was forced to work on a road repair gang. Released because of illness, he died in a poorhouse in 1946.〔 Strobl's advocacy for Nazism meant his work was briefly banned by the Allies after World War Two.〔 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「Karl Hans Strobl」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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