persons Kreisel, Henry

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Name Kreisel, Henry
Alternative Names
  • alternative name >> given name: Heinrich Kreisel
    • ID 9159
    Gender male
    Lifespan 1922 - 1991
    Professions writer (Q36180), university teacher (Q1622272)
    Collection(s)
  • Default import collection
  • Return From Exile
    • Uri(s) https://id.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/ica/persons/2_72
    https://ica.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/entity/9159/
    https://d-nb.info/gnd/128577029
    Notes On 21 November 1941 he was released from the Canadian detention camp and moved to the Mendel family in Toronto to study English Literature at Toronto University. He was the first modern Canadian writer to write about his experiences living in Canadian exile. In 1988 he received the Order of Canada.
    References Strutz, Andrea. "Wohin zurückkehren? Österreichische Flüchtlinge als "feindliche Ausländer" in Kanada." Return from Exile. Vienna: Verlag der ÖAW, 2017, 61-80.

    Relations

    Institution

    Start End Other relation type Related Institution
    — — related >> studied at University of Toronto
    1947 — related >> worked for/at >> taught at University of Alberta
    1954 — related >> studied at >> graduated from >> with a PhD University of London
    1955 — related >> worked for/at >> taught at University of Alberta
    — — related >> worked for/at >> was vice president at University of Alberta

    Person

    Start End Other relation type Related Person
    — — related >> was/were helped by >> was financially supported by Mendel, Herta
    — — related >> was/were helped by >> was financially supported by Mendel, Bruno

    Place

    Start End Other relation type Related Place
    — — Place of Birth Vienna
    1938 — related >> fled to United Kingdom
    1938 1940 related >> lived in Leeds
    1991 — related >> died in Edmonton (Alberta)

    Work

    Start End Other relation type Related Work
    — — related Interned Refugees (Friendly Aliens), From the United Kingdom, November 1946

    Label

    Label Start End Label type ISO Code
    Heinrich Kreisel — — alternative name >> given name deu
    Kreisel, Henry_ — — Legacy name (merge) deu

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