Background
Milo Dor was born a Serb. His father was a surgeon, his mother lead a beauty salon. Dor grew up in the Banat and later in Belgrade.
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He described himself as "an Austrian, Viennese, and European of Serbian heritage."
Having organised a school strike in 1940, he was expelled. Nevertheless, he passed his final exams in the following year. He participated in the resistance movement against the German occupants.
In 1942, he was arrested.
Stays in prison and camps followed until he was deported to Vienna in 1943. A year later, he was arrested again and put into "protective custody" (a euphemism used by the Nazis for the rounding-up of political opponents).
After World World War II, Dor stayed in Austria, studying drama and Romance languages at the University of Vienna until 1949 while working as a German writing journalist. Milo Dor died early on 5 December 2005 from heart failure in a hospital in Vienna and was interred in an honorary grave at the Zentralfriedhof.
Achievements
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Austrian state award for literature (1962) Anton Wildgans Prize (1972) Literary award of Vienna (1977) Austrian Prize for Literature (1980) Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class (1983) Honorary Gold Medal of Vienna (1988) Austrian State Prize for services to the Austrian culture abroad (1989) Honorary Award of the Austrian book trade for tolerance in thought and action (1990) Andreas Gryphius Prize (1998) Bruno Kreisky Prize for the Political Book (2001) Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver for Services to the Republic of Austria (2003) Gold Medal for Meritorious Service to the Province of Vienna (2004) Theodor Kramer Prize (2006, posthumous) Member of the Austrian Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association Club and long-time president of the Professional Association of Austrian writers.
Membership
In highschool, he was a member of the Communist Youth and wrote lyrics. From 1951, he was a member of the literary association Group 47. He was also a member of the Austrian Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association Club and president of the Austrian Writers Federation.
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Nationality
Austria
Awards
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Anton Wildgans Prize; Gold Decoration for Services to the City of Vienna; Austrian Decoration for Science and Art; Großes Silbernes Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art; Anton Wildgans Prize Austrian state award for literature (1962) Anton Wildgans Prize (1972) Literary award of Vienna (1977) Austrian Prize for Literature (1980) Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class (1983) Honorary Gold Medal of Vienna (1988) Austrian State Prize for services to the Austrian culture abroad (1989) Honorary Award of the Austrian book trade for tolerance in thought and action (1990) Andreas Gryphius Prize (1998) Bruno Kreisky Prize for the Political Book (2001) Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver for Services to the Republic of Austria (2003) Gold Medal for Meritorious Service to the Province of Vienna (2004) Theodor Kramer Prize (2006, posthumous) Member of the Austrian PEN Club and long-time president of the Professional Association of Austrian writers. The Anton Wildgans Prize of Austrian Industry is a literary award that was endowed in 1962 by the Federation of Austrian Industry.Anton Wildgans Prize; Gold Decoration for Services to the City of Vienna; Austrian Decoration for Science and Art; Großes Silbernes Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art; Anton Wildgans Prize Austrian state award for literature (1962) Anton Wildgans Prize (1972) Literary award of Vienna (1977) Austrian Prize for Literature (1980) Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class (1983) Honorary Gold Medal of Vienna (1988) Austrian State Prize for services to the Austrian culture abroad (1989) Honorary Award of the Austrian book trade for tolerance in thought and action (1990) Andreas Gryphius Prize (1998) Bruno Kreisky Prize for the Political Book (2001) Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver for Services to the Republic of Austria (2003) Gold Medal for Meritorious Service to the Province of Vienna (2004) Theodor Kramer Prize (2006, posthumous) Member of the Austrian PEN Club and long-time president of the Professional Association of Austrian writers. The Anton Wildgans Prize of Austrian Industry is a literary award that was endowed in 1962 by the Federation of Austrian Industry.