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Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn (1909-1999)
Kuehnelt-Leddihn (Ritter v.), Erik (Maria Anton Friedrich),
Pol.Sc.D., Novelist, Publicist, former Univ. Prof.; b. 31 July 1909,
Tobelbad, Styria; s. of Erik-Johannes v. K.-L., and of Isabella v.
Leddihn, m. 1937 Countess M. Christiane Goëss; Educ.:
Theresianic Academy, Vienna, Univ. Vienna (Law), Budapest (Pol.Sc.), Vienna
(2 terms theology); Career: Vienna correspondent of Spectator,
London 1926-28; Russian correspondent Magyarsag, Budapest, 1930-31;
Master, Beaumont Coll., England, 1935-36; Prof., Georgetown Univ.,
Washington D.C., 1937-38; Head of History Dept., St. Peter's Coll., Jersey
City, N.Y. [sic]; 1938-43; Fordham Univ., N.Y., 1942-43; Chestnut Hill
Coll., Philadelphia, Pa, 1943-47; lives partly in Europe, partly in America,
engaged in research work (coordination of humanities), writing, and
lecturing; curator of "Abendländ. Akademie"; Publ. : (works
not published in either England or USA. not included); Gates of Hell
(London, 1933; N.Y. 1934, transl. into German, Hungar., Polish, Italian);
Night over the East (London, 1935; N.Y. 1936, transl. into German);
Moscow 1979 (N.Y., 1940, London, 1946, transl. into German, Span.,
Portuguese, French); The Menace of the Herd (Milwaukee, 1943); Liberty or
Equality (London 1952; Caldwell, 1952, transl. into Germ., Span. in prep.);
Black Banners (London, 1953, Caldwell, 1954, transl. into French, Span.,
Germ. in prep.); On Christian Freedom (New York 1960); contributor to
Commonweal, America, National Review, Catholic World,
Journal of
the History of Ideas (all N.Y.), Table Ronde, Etudes, Vie
Intellectuelle (Paris), Quadrant (Sidney), Criterio (Buenos Aires),
Nuestro Tiempo (Pamplona), Humanitas (Brescia), Confluence (Cambridge,
Mass.), Schweizer Rundschau (Arlesheim), Rheinischer Merkur (Cologne),
Neues Abendland, Europäischer Osten (Munich), Una Sancta (Meitingen),
Sophia & Seiki (Tokyo); Awards: Cardinal Bandrillant Prize, 1936;
Fellow Amer. Geogr. Society; Recr.: Photography, painting, stamp
coll.; hitch-hiking; Memb.: Knight of Grace, Sov. Order of Malta;
A. Lans, Tyrol; T. Innsbruck 94 00 53; and 1408 Las Pulgas, San
Mateo, Cal., USA. -- Who's Who in Austria 1959/60, Dr. Stephen S.
Taylor, ed., Intercontinental Book And Publishing Co., Ltd., 1961, pp.
302-3. I discovered the writings of Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn in college as a
subscriber to National Review. At that time (the mid-'80s), K-L was
NR's European correspondent -- as I believe he had been since Buckley
founded NR in the 1950s. I was immediately attracted, not only to the
fascinating things he was writing about European politics and culture, but
also by his idiosyncratic --as it then seemed -- take on conservative
politics and philosophy. Since then, I've learned a lot from reading (and
to a lesser degree, reading about) K-L. He's helped shape my views on
history, politics, and religion. One of the most important revelations is the degree to which those three things,
which Americans tend to think of, and perhaps want to think of, as
disctinct, are in fact practically synonyms. These pages are intended to
focus attention on his English-language writing, including some
of the vast store of quotations I've saved over the years. You're invited to visit: and |
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