Young Vienna (Jung-Wien) was a society of fin de siècle writers who met in Vienna's Café Griensteidl and other nearby coffeehouses in the late nineteenth century.
The group turned away from the prevailing Naturalism of the time and experimented with various facets of Modernism, including Symbolism and Impressionism. In his review of turn of the century Vienna, historian Carl Schorske wrote of the movement that they "challenged the moralistic stance of nineteenth century literature in favor of sociological truth and psychological - especially sexual - openness."
Hermann Bahr was considered the group's spokesman. Other members included Arthur Schnitzler, Felix Dörmann, Peter Altenberg, Richard Beer-Hofmann, Felix Salten, Raoul Auernheimer, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, and Karl Kraus. Kraus would later distance himself from the group, and in his essay "The Demolished Literature," written soon after the Café Griensteidl's demolition in 1897, he criticized the group and predicted that it "would soon expire for lack of a foyer." After the café's demolition the group (sans Kraus) continued to meet at the nearby Café Central.
Peter Altenberg, né Richard Engländer (1859, Vienna–1919, Vienna), writer and poet
Leopold von Andrian, né Leopold Freiherr Ferdinand von Andrian zu Werburg (1875, Berlin–1951, Fribourg), diplomat and writer
Raoul Auernheimer (1876, Vienna–1948, Oakland), jurist and writer
Hermann (Anastas) Bahr (1863, Linz–1934, Munich), writer, dramatist and critic
Richard Beer-Hofmann (1866, Vienna–1945, New York), Romancier, dramatist and lyric poet
Jakob Julius David (1859, Mährisch Weißkirchen (Czech: Hranice na Moravě)–1906, Vienna), journalist and writer
Felix Dörmann, né Felix Biedermann (1870, Vienna–1928, Vienna), writer, librettist and filmproducer
Frida Uhl Strindberg (1872, Mondsee–1943), writer and translator
Paul Goldmann (1865, Breslau–1935, Vienna), journalist, publicist, travel writer, theatre critic and translator
Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874, Vienna–1929, Rodaun), writer, dramatist, lyric poet and librettist
Karl Kraus (writer) (1874, Jitschin–1936, Vienna), publicist, satirist, lyric poet, aphorist, dramatist and critic
Anton Lindner (writer) (1874, Lemberg–1928, Wandsbek), lyric poet, narrative writer, critic and translator
Felix Salten, né Siegmund Salzmann (1869, Pest–1945), author and critic
Arthur Schnitzler (1862, Leopoldstadt–1931, Vienna), narrative writer and dramatist
Richard Specht (1870, Vienna–1932), lyricist, dramatist, musicologist and writer
Jakob Wassermann (1873, Fürth–1934, Altaussee), writer
Stefan Zweig (1881, Vienna–1942, Petrópolis), writer
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