Hugo Sonnenschein (Sonka) collection

Hugo Sonnenschein (Sonka) collection. – 1945-2010. – 21.5 cm of textual records and 5 items.

Series 1
Correspondence and writings of Hugo Sonnenschein /Sonka. – 1945-1950. – 4 cm of graphic material.

This series consists of copies of material written by Sonka. Some of them include transcripts etc. The date given is the date of the original, not the photocopy.

Box 1
F.1          “1945 Statement”. Includes transcriptions and related documents. 1945-1947.
F.2          “Sonka Correspondence”. 1945-1946.
F.3          “Sonka Correspondence”. 1950.
F.4          Works by Hugo Sonnenschein/Sonka. [Divided into two folders.]
F.5          Hugo Sonnenschein’s bookplate.

Series 2
Correspondence regarding Hugo Sonnenschein /Sonka . – 1986-2007. – 10 cm of graphic material.

Box 1
F.6          Šárka Friedova [Šavrdová]. Dybbuk Publishing Company. 2008-2009.
F.7          Karl-Markus Gauss. 1982-1983.
F.8          Josef Haslinger. 1983-2001.
F.9          Jiří Kamen. Includes writings by Kamen about Sonka. 2000-2006.
F.10        Arno Maierbrugger. 1992-93.
F.11        Österreichische Literature Archiv. 1996-1997.
F.12        Schiller National Museum. 1965-2004.
F.13        Jürgen Serke. Includes clippings and publications. 1986-2007. [Divided into two folders.]
F.14        Peter Slunský. [Postmark 30 June 2008]. Related DVD is in Box AV001, item 2.
F.15        Jiří Wehle. 1988-1989.
F.16        Dieter Wilde. 1995-2007.

Series 3
Articles and other material related to Hugo Sonnenschein /Sonka. – 1957-2010. – 7.5 cm of graphic material.

Box 1
F.17        “Berlin Exhibition”. 1999-2001.
F.18        “Otokar Březina”.
F.19        “Czech National Library”. 2007

Box 2
F.1          Google Search Results pp. 1-31. 2013.
F.2          “Julius Fučik”. 1996-2002.
F.3          “Jurda movie”. 2008-2010.
F.4          Fritz Lampl, “Phoebus”. “A play about Sonka”. 1957.
F.5          George Stefan Troller. Das fidele Grab an der Donau. 2004.
F.6          “Sonka – Early”.
F.7          Articles about Sonka.  [Divided into two folders.]

Series 4
Audio visual material. – 5 items.

 Box AV001
1. Muž Který měl nebýt. Documentary about Hugo Sonnenschein. [Czech].  DVD.
2. “Deducek Hugo” [Grandfather Hugo] Opening title: Masarykuv Okruh. File name: Dedecek Slunský [Grandfather Slunsky]. B&W moving image. Run time 39:07. DVD. See Box 2. F.14 for accompanying note from Peter Slunský.
3. Scans of material, relating to Sonnenschein. Saved as TIFF and PDF files. 2 CDs.  
4. “[Word] Kamen.doc”. Digital file of Jiří Kamen’s novel about Hugo Sonnenschein. 3 ¼ diskette.


The following book has been removed from the archive and added to the Division’s monograph collection:

-------. European Judaism vol.8, no. 1 (1973/74).
-------. Österreichs Avantgarde 1900-1938: Ein unbekannter Aspekt. Vienna: Nachst St. Stephan, Gallery, 1976.
Bezruč, Petr. Výbor ze Slezských písní. London: Vydal „Čechoslovák“, 1942.
Kamen, Jiří. Hugo. Prague: Prostor, 2004.
Serke, Sammlung Jürgen. Himmel und hölle zwischen 1918 und 1989: die verbrannten dichter. Berlin: Damm und Lindlar Verlag, 2008.
Sonnenschein, Hugo. Die Fesseln meiner Brüder Gesammelte Gedichte. Munich: Carl Hanswer Verlag, 1984.
Sonnenschein, Hugo. Terrhan oder der traum von meiner erde. Vienna: Paul Zsolnay Verlag: 1988.
Sonnenschein, Hugo.  Zaběhl Jsem se s Toulavými psy. Prague: Dybbuk, 2009.
Wilde, Dieter. Der Aspekt des Politischen in der frühen Lyrik Hugo Sonnenscheins. New York: Peter Lang, 2002.

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