Alfons Freiherr von Czibulka, or Alfons Cibulka (born 28 June 1888, Ratboř Castle (Schloss Radborsch) near Kolín, Bohemia – died 22 October 1969, Munich) was a Czech-Austrian writer and painter. (Pseudonym A. von Birnitz).AEIOU Encyclopedia (German)
Czibulka was the son of general Freiherr Hubert von Czibulka and Marie von Birnitz. In 1919 he co-founded the magazine Der Orchideengarten with Karl Hans Strobl, a fantasy magazine which also published some science fiction and detective stories.Sam Moskowitz, "Setting the Record Straight: A Response to Sam Lundwall's 'Adventures in the Pulp Jungles'". Foundation 36, (pp.57-67). Summer 1986.
In the Third Reich he received the "Literary Prize of the City Munich" in 1938.NS-Literaturpreise für österreichische Autoren: eine Dokumentation, von Helga Mitterbauer, Boehlau Wien, 1998,
Literary works Die grossen Kapitäne (biography, 1923) Prinz Eugen (biography, 1927) Der Münzturm (novel, 1936) Der Kerzlmacher von St. Stephan (novel, 1937) Das Abschiedskonzert (novel, 1944) Reich mir die Hand, mein Leben (novel, 1956)
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