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Franz Theodor Csokor
1885–1969
Best known for a powerful drama about the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, this Austrian writer brought history, faith, and moral conflict onto the stage with unusual intensity. His life was also marked by exile during the Nazi era, an experience that deepened the human urgency of his work.
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Schuß in's Geschäft (Der Fall Otto Eißler)
by Franz Theodor Csokor
About the author
Franz Theodor Csokor was an Austrian author and dramatist born in Vienna in 1885 and died there in 1969. He is widely remembered as one of the important Austrian voices of Expressionist drama, and his best-known work is 3. November 1918, a play centered on the final days of the Habsburg monarchy.
His writing often returned to large themes—history, Christianity, antiquity, conscience, and the strain placed on people in times of political collapse. During the Nazi period he lived in exile, and that experience shaped both his public life and the moral seriousness readers often notice in his work.
For listeners coming to him today, Csokor offers more than literary history. His plays combine big historical moments with intimate questions about loyalty, belief, and responsibility, which helps explain why he remains a notable figure in Austrian literature.