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Brunngraber, Rudolf

(1901-1960) German industrial designer and author, active for many years. In his sf novel Radium: Roman eines Elements (1936; trans Eden and Cedar Paul 1937), a near-contemporary corner on the radium market (see Elements) causes Near Future troubles in a hospital using it as a Medicine to cure cancer. He also wrote the script for the film 1 April 2000 (1952), which speculates melodramatically on the day – that is, 1 April 2000 – when Austria may be given full independence. [JC]

Rudolf Brunngraber

born Vienna, Austria: 20 September 1901

died Vienna, Austria: 5 April 1960

works

• Karl und das 20. Jahrhundert (Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Societäts-Verlag, 1933) [hb/]
  • Karl and the Twentieth Century (New York: William Morrow, 1933) [trans by Eden and Cedar Paul of the above: hb/]
• Radium: Roman eines Elements (Berlin: Ernst Rowoht, 1936) [hb/]
  • Radium (London: George G Harrap, 1937) [trans by Eden and Cedar Paul of the above: hb/Leonard Yoden]
• Die Engel in Atlantis ["The Angel in Atlantis"] (Berlin: Ernst Rowolt, 1938) [binding unknown/]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current) edited by John Clute and David Langford.
Accessed 03:44 am on 18 April 2026.
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