Robert von Dassanowsky

Robert von Dassanowsky (aka Robert Dassanowsky; a member of the Austrian branch of the Polish family Taczanowski). born January 28, 1960 in New York, is an Austrian-American film and cultural historian, writer, and producer.

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A widely published academic and organization founder, Dr. Robert von Dassanowsky is also an award-winning playwright and has written for television. He is particularly known for his influential scholarly work on Austrian author Alexander Lernet-Holenia and German filmmaker and photographer Leni Riefenstahl. Dassanowsky served as founding President of the Colorado chapter of the international writers' organization, PEN and is a founding Vice President of the Austrian American Film Association (AAFA). Additionally, he is the Contributing Editor of the "Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America," a Contributing Advisor to the "International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers," and author of "Austrian Cinema: A History," the first English language survey of this national cinema. The son of Austrian film studio founder and musician Elfi von Dassanowsky, he is also active as an independent producer. His recent projects include the feature "Wilson Chance" (2005), the animated short, "The Nightmare Stumbles Past" (2003), the dramatic short, "Believe" (2003), and the award-winning "Semmelweis" (2001). Dassanowsky's "Telegrams from the Metropole: Selected Poems 1980-1998" received a Pushcart Prize nomination in 2000, and he became one of the few Americans elected to the European Academy of Sciences and Arts in 2001. He was named the Carnegie Foundation/CASE U.S. Professor of the Year for Colorado in 2004.

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Taczanowski: Taczanowski (Polish plural Taczanowscy) is the surname of a Polish szlachta (nobility) family from Pozna? bearing the Jastrz?biec Coat of Arms. They took their name from their estate Taczan?w in the 15th century and by the 19th century were among the leading magnates in partitioned-Poland. Members o...

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