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Kompert, Leopold
© Copyright Leopold Kompert, engraving Kompert, Leopold, b. Mnichovo Hradiště, Czech Republic (then Münchengrätz), May 15, 1822, d. Vienna, Nov. 23, 1886, narrative writer and journalist. 1843-1847 tutor to the children of Count G. Andrássy in Pressburg. From 1840 literary contributions to magazines, 1848-1852 feuilleton editor of the "Österreichischer Lloyd", 1852-1857 tutor in Pest, Hungary, from 1857 free-lance writer. Created the "jüdische Problemnovelle", novellas describing the problems of Jews in the Bohemian ghettos ("Aus dem Ghetto", 1848; "Neue Geschichten aus dem Ghetto", 2 vols., 1855). As a city councillor of Vienna (1873-1881) and member of the executive committee of the Jewish Community he fought for the assimilation and integration of Jews. His circle of friends included H. Laube, F. Kürnberger and E. Kuh. Further Works: narratives: Böhm. Juden, 1851; Geschichten einer Gasse, 2 vols., 1865; Franzi und Heini, 1881. - Novels: Am Pflug, 2 vols., 1855; Zwischen Ruinen, 3 vols., 1875. - Edition: Sämtliche Werke, ed. by S. Hock, 10 vols., 1906 (with biography); Ghetto-Geschichten, ed. by B. Bittrich, 1988. Literature: T. Winkelbauer, L. K. und die böhm. Landjuden, in: H. O. Horch and H. Denkler (eds.), Conditio Judaica, part 2, 1989; M. T. Wittemann, Draußen vor dem Ghetto. L. K. und die "Schilderung jüd. Volkslebens" in Böhmen und Mähren, 1998.
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