Sebastian Leitner

Sebastian Leitner ( born 1919 in Salzburg, † 1989) was a German journalist.

Life

Because of its hostile attitude towards the annexation of Austria to the German Reich, he was briefly detained in 1938. He later moved to Frankfurt am Main to finish his law studies. In 1942 he was drafted by the Wehrmacht and fell into Soviet captivity.

After his return to Germany in 1949 he began his work as a journalist. He devoted himself first legal and sociological, and later medical and psychological issues.

In addition, Leitner also worked as a translator. So he translated the books about the " Good Mother " Mary de Sales Chappuis and a world to fall in love from French into German.

He is best known for his development of a learning system with index cards. The book, with which he introduced this learning method, has been and is regularly reprinted and published in 1998 in Lithuanian.

Leitner was married to the Austrian journalist and writer Thea Leitner.

Publications

• So you get to learn. The road to success, Freiburg 1972/2003, Herder, ISBN 3-451-05060-9
• So learn to live, Munich 1974, Earthscan, ISBN 3-426-04571-0