Gerhard Fritsch
Gerhard Fritsch (28 March 1924 – 22 March 1969) was an Austrian novelist and poet. He achieved considerable success with his first novel, Moos auf den Steinen (Moss on the Stones). It was later adapted into a film.
Gerhard Fritsch
- Name
- Gerhard Fritsch
- Born
- 28 March 1924
- Birthplace
- Vienna, Austria
- Died
- 22 March 1969
- Nationality
- Austria
- Occupation
- poet · writer
- Honours
- Austrian Promotional Prize for Literature
- Languages
- German
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Gerhard Fritsch (28 March 1924 – 22 March 1969) was an Austrian novelist and poet. He achieved considerable success with his first novel, Moos auf den Steinen (Moss on the Stones). It was later adapted into a film.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Gerhard Fritsch. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q87532 · wikipedia · Gerhard Fritsch
In this article
Biography
Biography
Fritsch's second novel, Fasching (Carnival), was published in 1969, the year in which he committed suicide. In 1961, he translated W. Auden's long poem For the Time Being: A Christmas Oratorio into German under the title Hier und jetzt.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Gerhard Fritsch • Born — 28 March 1924 • Birthplace — Vienna, Austria • Died — 22 March 1969 • Place of death — Vienna, Austria
Primary material
Documents and archives
reference work
- “Gerhard Fritsch”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q87532: Gerhard Fritsch
General reference · Wikidata
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Winkler, Willi. Von den Männern zu den Mädchen. Süddeutsche Zeitung. 19 August 2019.
- 2.Modern Austrian Literature Through the Lens of Adaptation
- 3.Auden, W. H. Hier und jetzt. Ein Weihnachtsoratorium. Translated by Gerhard Fritsch, Otto Müller, 1961.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 1
- Augustinus P. Dierick: “Politics, the Elegiac, and the Carnivalesque: Gerhard Fritsch’s Moos auf den Steinen and Fasching.” Seminar, 38:1 (February 2002).
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessauthority record
General reference
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 17 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Books
38,988 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Gergely CsikyAuthor
- Gergely CzuczorAuthor
- Gergina DvoretzkaAuthor
- Gerhard BranstnerAuthor
- Gerhard MenzelAuthor
- Gerhard TersteegenAuthor
- Gerhard WeinbergAuthor
- Gerhart HauptmannAuthor
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Gerhard Fritsch?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.