A. P. - Reviews that featured these two letters combined linguistic wit and concise statements about authors, directors, and actors in an extremely succinct manner. 'A. P.' stands for Alfred Polgar - one of the most significant prose writers of the 20th century. From small occasions, he created intense linguistic images - in Vienna, Berlin, and later in exile, which he managed to escape to in 1938. His judgments on literature and politics remain relevant today, and his texts continue to provide an inexhaustible reading pleasure and are testimonies of unwavering humanism. This volume gathers contributions on Polgar's life and linguistic artistry from Elisabeth Attlmayr, Hermann Dorowin, Evelyne Polt-Heinzl, Roland Innerhofer, Heike Klapdor, Gunther Nickel, Peter Roessler, Sigurd Paul Scheichl, and Ulrich Weinzierl, along with unpublished texts by Polgar and a feuilleton about him by Reinhard Tramontana.