May 2024

  • The playwright Ferenc Molnár, by his grandson

    The playwright Ferenc Molnár, by his grandson

    The latest title in the Blue Danube imprint, which focuses on literature, history and travel in Central Europe, is Venetian Angel, a short novel by Ferenc Molnár, now translated into English for the first time.  Molnár was a famous pre-war dramatist whose many plays included one on which the Rodgers…

  • The Blessed Josef Mayr-Nusser: Anti Nazi hero

    The Blessed Josef Mayr-Nusser: Anti Nazi hero

    The life of Josef Mayr-Nusser (1910-1945) is a chapter in the complicated story of South Tyrol.  Born in Bolzano Bozen, he was an active German speaking Catholic, contributor to the subversive young Catholic newssheet Tiroler Jugendwacht (subversive because the Italian government banned use of the German word Jugendwacht – literally…

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