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Anton Wildgans

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Name
  
Anton Wildgans

Nominations
  
Nobel Prize in Literature

Role
  
Poet


Died
  
May 3, 1932, Modling, Austria

Klimakterium (Anton Wildgans Poem)


Anton Wildgans (17 April 1881–3 May 1932) was an Austrian poet and playwright. He was born in Vienna, and died in Modling.

Contents

His works, in which realism, neo-romanticism and expressionism mingle, focus on the drama of daily life.

One of his teachers was the Austrian Jewish philosopher Wilhelm Jerusalem. Wildgans was the mentor of writer Albert Drach.

The Wildganshof, a residential development in the 3rd District of Vienna, is named after him.

Selected works

  • Armut ("Poverty"), drama, 1914
  • Liebe ("Love"), drama, 1916
  • Dies Irae, drama, 1918
  • Samtliche Werke ("Complete Works"), 1948. Historical-critical edition in 8 volumes edited by Lilly Wildgans with the collaboration of Otto Rommel. Vienna/Salzburg: Gemeinschaftsverlag Bellaria/Pustet, 1948

    • References

    Anton Wildgans Wikipedia
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