Otto Schulmeister

Grave of Otto Schulmeister at Neustifter Friedhof

Otto Schulmeister (1 April 1916 in Vienna - 10 August 2001 in Vienna) was an Austrian journalist, who was described as the doyen of Austrian journalism.^[1] He was editor-in-chief of Die Presse from 1961 to 1976 and its publisher from 1976 to 1989.^[2] He was the father of former ORF correspondent , and economist Stephan Schulmeister. Formerly a NSDAP member, it was revealed in 2009 that he worked for the CIA from the 1960s.^[1]

Awards[]

• 1979:
• 1989: Hanns Martin Schleyer Prize

Works[]

• Die Zukunft Österreichs, 1967
• Die Welt, die wir verlassen, 1970
• Die erschöpfte Revolution, 1978
• Der zweite Anschluß, 1979
• Ernstfall Österreich, 1995

Literature[]

• Theodor Venus (2007), "Schulmeister, Otto", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), 23, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 685–686; (full text online)

References[]

External links[]

• Literature by and about Otto Schulmeister in the German National Library catalogue
• Otto Schulmeister in Austria-Forum (in German)  (at AEIOU)