Anton Wildgans
Anton Wildgans (17 April 1881 – 3 May 1932) was an Austrian poet and playwright. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times.
Anton Wildgans
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- Born
- 17 April 1881
- Birthplace
- Vienna
- Died
- 3 May 1932
- Place of death
- Mödling
- Education
- University of Vienna
- Nationality
- Austria
- Occupation
- poet · playwright · writer · theatre manager · jurist · librettist
- Fields
- literature · drama
- Honours
- Goethe Medal for Art and Science · Raimund Award
- Languages
- German
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Anton Wildgans (17 April 1881 – 3 May 1932) was an Austrian poet and playwright. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times.
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Anton Wildgans (1881–1932) was an Austrian jurist, librettist and playwright, among other activities. Born in Vienna, the jurist died in Mödling.
Anton Wildgans studied at University of Vienna. The jurist was active in drama and literature.
Languages used include German. Anton Wildgans received Goethe Medal for Art and Science and Raimund Award.
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• Born — 17 April 1881 • Birthplace — Vienna • Died — 3 May 1932 • Place of death — Mödling • Genre — drama poetry • Education — University of Vienna
Life
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Born in Vienna, Wildgans studied law at the University of Vienna, from 1900 to 1909, and then practiced as an examining magistrate (Untersuchungsrichter) from 1909 to 1911, before devoting himself to writing full-time. His works, in which realism, neo-romanticism and expressionism mingle, focus on the drama of daily life. He twice served as director of Vienna's Burgtheater, in 1921–1922 and 1930–1931. One of his teachers was the Austrian Jewish philosopher Wilhelm Jerusalem. Wildgans was the mentor of writer Albert Drach. Wildgans died in Mödling. The Wildganshof, a residential development in the 3rd District of Vienna, is named after him.
Selected works
Selected works
• Armut ("Poverty"), drama, 1914 • Liebe ("Love"), drama, 1916 • Dies Irae, drama, 1918 • Sämtliche 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
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Anton Wildgans is recorded as having received Goethe Medal for Art and Science and Raimund Award.
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Der österreichische Dichter Anton Wildgans wird an den Mauern der Leopoldsberger Burg in Wien geehrt.
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1881
Anton Wildgans born at Vienna.
1932
Anton Wildgans died at Mödling.
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- 1.Nomination Database. nobelprize.org.
- 2."Kurzbiographie: Anton Otto Georg Ritter von Wildgans" (in German). Anton-Wildgans-Gesellschaft. antonwildgans.at. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
- 3."About the author" (p. 199), prefatory note to: Anton Wildgans, "Speech About Austria" (pp. 199–204), in: Diana Mishkova, Marius Turda, and Balázs Trencsényi (Eds.), Anti-Modernism: Radical Revisions of Collective Identity. Budapest: Central European University Press, 2014. . Retrieved via Project MUSE database, 23 July 2017.
- 4.Wildgans, Anton, "Widmung" (1915), in: Max Adler (Ed.), Festschrift für Wilhelm Jerusalem: zu seinem 60. Geburtstag von Freunden, Verehrern und Schülern (Festschrift for Wilhelm Jerusalem on his 60th Birthday). Vienna: Braumüller. p. 1–2. Also includes essays by Max Adler, Rudolf Eisler, Sigmund Feilbogen, Rudolf Goldscheid, Stefan Hock, Helen Keller, Josef Kraus, Anton Lampa, Ernst Mach, Rosa Mayreder, Julius Ofner, Josef Popper, Otto Simon, and Christine Touaillon.
- 5.Wildgans, Anton. Armut. CreateSpace. 25 March 2013. 978-1-4839-3858-5.
- 6.Wildgans, Anton. Liebe. Gutenberg Startseite.
- 7.Wildgans, Anton. Dies Irae. CreateSpace. 25 March 2013. 978-1-4839-3859-2.
- 8.Über "Dies Irae". Anton Wildgans.
- 9.Wildgans, Anton. Gesammelte Werke. Jazzybee Verlag. 2012. 978-3-8496-4007-1.
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Anton Wildgans studied at University of Vienna. The record notes the qualifications Doktor Nauk in Psychology and Doctor of Juridical Science.
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