Joseph Kalmer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Joseph Kalmer

Austrian writer

Date of Birth: 17-Aug-1898

Place of Birth: Galicia, Ukraine

Date of Death: 09-Jul-1959

Profession: writer, poet, translator, author, journalist

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Joseph Kalmer (August 17, 1898, Nehrybka, today Poland - July 9, 1959, Vienna) was an Austrian writer, poet and translator. Kalmer attended high school in Czernowitz and gymnasium in Vienna.
He started to write during his studies, and later became a journalist.
In 1938, after the Anschluss, he emigrated to Czechoslovakia and a year later to England where he set up a literary agency. In 1935, together with Ludwig Huyn, Kalmer wrote a book Abessinien (Abyssinia or Ethiopia) about travel to that country.
The book is a vivid and detailed description of the history, people and customs of this ancient country getting dragged into the modern age under threat of war with Italy.
The book was translated into several languages (e.g.
into Czech, 1935).