Actor · Writer · Director · Creator
Born Feb 19, 1927 · Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Active 1988–2021 · Awards: Romy, Viktor Frankl Award, Preis der Stadt Wien für Publizistik, honorary citizen of Vienna, Axel Corti Prize, Great Golden Medal of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria, Ehrenpreis des österreichischen Buchhandels für Toleranz in Denken und Handeln, Kardinal-Innitzer-Preis
Hugo Portisch was a longstanding, broadly recognized and popular Austrian journalist, as well as a writer.