Alfons von Czibulka explained

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 fictionand detective stories.^{[2] [3]}

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

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)

Notes and References

1. http://www.aeiou.at/aeiou.encyclop.c/c952941.htm AEIOU Encyclopedia
2. Web site: Garden of Orchids. Paijmans. Theo. The Black Sun. 23 August 2006 . 3 January 2010.
3. [Sam Moskowitz]
4. NS-Literaturpreise für österreichische Autoren: eine Dokumentation, von Helga Mitterbauer, Boehlau Wien, 1998,