persons Gunther, John

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Name Gunther, John
Alternative Names
  • fictional character: Mason Jarrett
    • ID 520
    Gender male
    Lifespan 1901-08-30 - 1970-05-29
    Professions writer (Q36180), journalist (Q1930187), novelist (Q6625963), foreign correspondent (Q18190897), popular historian (Q51531016), foreign correspondent, American
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    • Uri(s) http://https://ica.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/apis/api2/entity/520/
    Notes During his time as a foreign correspondent in Vienna, Gunther frequently met with other journalists at Café Louvre. He also convened regular luncheons for selected guests at Rathauskeller, among them Vice-Chancellor Dr. Schober ((Zacharasiewicz, Transatlantic Networks, 120). "That he cultivated personal ties, establishing a remarkable network, is apparent in his correspondence: Margot Asquith, Lady Oxford, and H. G. Wells with his mistress Baroness Moura Budberg, were among Gunther’s visitors and guests in Vienna, and so was the prominent American journalist Frederick Kuh" (Zacharasiewicz, Transatlantic Networks, p.124)
    References cf. Zacharasiewicz, Transatlantic Networks, Ch. 6: "Networks of Anglophone Foreign Correspondents in Vienna and in Central Europe in the Early 1930s" Cuthbertson, Ken . Inside: The Biography of John Gunther. Chicago: Bonus Books, 1992. John Gunther’s voluminous estate is archived at the Special Collections of the Regenstein Library of the University of Chicago.

    Relations

    Event

    Start End Other relation type Related Event
    1932-12 1933-01 related >> participated in >> was guest at Thompson's and Lewis's Christmas Party
    1930 1935 related >> participated in >> had regular encounters with politicians and cultural pundits in Vienna
    — — related >> participated in >> hosted John Gunther's regular luncheons at Rathauskeller for selected guests
    1934 — related >> witnessed >> reported on Austrian Civil War

    Institution

    Start End Other relation type Related Institution
    1930 1935 related >> wrote for Chicago Daily News
    — — related >> studied at University of Chicago
    — — related >> wrote for The Nation
    1930 1935 related >> visited >> regularly visited Café Louvre
    — — related >> was head of >> was president of Anglo-American Press Association
    — — related >> wrote for Harper's Magazine
    1930 1935 related >> visited >> regularly visited Central Telegraph Office Vienna
    — — related >> visited >> regularly visited Café Imperial
    — — related >> wrote for >> wrote articles for Vanity Fair (magazine)
    — — related >> wrote for >> wrote articles for The New Republic

    Person

    Start End Other relation type Related Person
    1932 — had contacts with Adler, Alfred
    — — close friendship with Burnett, Whit
    — — friendship with Bartlett, Vernon
    1930 1933 tenant of Engelmann, Guido
    — — correspondence with Fabricant, Noah D
    1938 — sponsored a lectureship in the U.S. for Fodor, Marcel
    1930 1970 friendship with Fodor, Marcel
    — — mentee of Fodor, Marcel
    1927 1944 married to Gunther, Frances
    — — acquainted with Kranz, Heinrich B

    Place

    Start End Other relation type Related Place
    1948 — related >> visited Vienna
    1938 — related >> stayed in >> stayed in for work India
    1938 — related >> stayed in >> stayed in for work China
    1933 — related >> visited Lloret de Mar, Costa Brava, Spain

    Work

    Start End Other relation type Related Work
    1964 — related >> wrote >> author of The Lost City
    1936 — related >> wrote >> author of Inside Europe
    1927 — related >> wrote >> author of Red Pavilion
    — — related >> wrote >> author of Eden for One
    — — related >> wrote >> author of The Golden Fleece
    — — related >> wrote >> author of Report on the Austrian Civil War 1934
    — — related >> appears/appeared in >> as fictionalized character The Lost City

    Label

    Label Start End Label type ISO Code
    Mason Jarrett — — fictional character deu

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