Alfons von Czibulka

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)[1]

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.[2][3]

In the Third Reich he received the "Literary Prize of the City Munich" in 1938.[4]

  1. ^ AEIOU Encyclopedia (German)
  2. ^ Paijmans, Theo (23 August 2006). "Garden of Orchids". The Black Sun. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
  3. ^ Sam Moskowitz, "Setting the Record Straight: A Response to Sam Lundwall's 'Adventures in the Pulp Jungles'". Foundation 36, (pp.57-67). Summer 1986.
  4. ^ NS-Literaturpreise für österreichische Autoren: eine Dokumentation, von Helga Mitterbauer, Boehlau Wien, 1998, ISBN 3205982045