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Playwrights from Austria–Hungary

36 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Aleksander FredroAuthor · BooksAleksander Fredro (20 June 1793 – 15 July 1876) was a Polish poet, playwright and author active during Polish Romanticism in the period of partitions by neighboring empires.
Andrej SládkovičAuthor · BooksAndrej Sládkovič (born as Andrej Braxatoris, pseudonyms Andrej Braxatoris-Sládkovič, Andrej Sládkovič, Ondřej Krasislav Sládkovič;
Branko ĆopićAuthor · BooksBranko Ćopić (Бранко Ћопић, pron; 1 January 1915 – 26 March 1984) was a Yugoslav and Serbian writer.
Emil František BurianPerson · Film memorabiliaEmil František Burian (11 June 1904 – 9 August 1959) was a Czech poet, journalist, singer, actor, musician, composer, dramatic adviser, playwright and director.
Ferdinand von SaarAuthor · BooksFerdinand Ludwig Adam von Saar (30 September 1833 in Vienna, Austria – 24 July 1906 in Döbling) was an Austrian novelist, playwright and poet.
Fran LevstikAuthor · BooksFran Levstik (28 September 1831 – 16 November 1887) was a Slovene writer, political activist, playwright and critic.
František HrubínAuthor · BooksIllustration — František Hrubín
Franz Theodor CsokorAuthor · BooksFranz Theodor Csokor (6 September 1885 – 5 January 1969) was an Austrian author and dramatist, particularly well known for his expressionist dramas.
Franz WerfelAuthor · Books
George VoskovecPerson · Film memorabiliaJiří Voskovec (born Jiří Wachsmann; June 19, 1905 – July 1, 1981),[1] known in the United States as George Voskovec, was a Czech-American actor.
Iosif VulcanAuthor · BooksIllustration — Iosif Vulcan
Ivan PregeljAuthor · BooksIvan Pregelj (27 October 1883 – 30 January 1960) was a Slovene writer, playwright, poet, and critic.
Jan WerichPerson · Film memorabiliaJan Werich (lang; 6 February 1905 – 31 October 1980) was a Czech actor, playwright and writer.
Janko MatúškaAuthor · BooksJanko Matúška (10 January 1821 – 11 January 1877) was a Slovak poet, activist, occasional playwright, and clerk of the court in the Kingdom of Hungary.
Jaroslav DurychAuthor · BooksJaroslav Durych (2 December 1886 – 7 April 1962) was a Czech prose writer, poet, playwright, journalist, and military surgeon.
Josef ČapekPhotographer · PhotographyJosef Čapek (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjozɛf ˈtʃapɛk]; 23 March 1887 – April 1945) was a Czech artist who was best known as a painter, but who was also noted as a writer and poet.
Josef WenzigAuthor · BooksIllustration — Josef Wenzig, drawing by Jan Vilímek
Julius ZeyerAuthor · BooksJulius Zeyer (26 April 1841 – 29 January 1901) was a Czech prose writer, poet and playwright.
Karl Egon EbertAuthor · BooksKarl Egon Ebert (5 June 1801 – 24 October 1882) was an ethnic German poet in the Austrian Empire and later Austria-Hungary.
Kazimierz Przerwa-TetmajerAuthor · BooksKazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer (12 February 1865 – 18 January 1940) was a Polish Goral poet, novelist, playwright, journalist and writer. He was a member of the Young Poland movement.
Leon SchillerPerson · Music memorabiliaLeon Schiller or Leon Schiller de Schildenfeld (14 March 1887 – 25 March 1954) was a Polish theatre and film director, as well as critic and theatre theoretician.
Octavian GogaAuthor · BooksSuccessor4 — None (party banned under the 1938 Constitution)
Otokar FischerAuthor · BooksIllustration — Otokar Fischer
Rainer Maria RilkeAuthor · BooksRené Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke (4 December 1875 – 29 December 1926), known as Rainer Maria Rilke, was an Austrian poet.
Roderich MenzelAuthor · BooksRoderich Ferdinand Ottomar Menzel (13 April 1907 – 17 October 1987) was a Czech-German amateur tennis player and, after his active career, a writer.
Thea ČervenkováPerson · Film memorabiliaTerezie Císařová, known as Thea (or Tea) Červenková (17 May 1878 – 1957 or 1961), was a Czech film director, screenwriter, journalist, writer and actress.
Theodor HerzlAuthor · BooksTheodor Herzl (2 May 1860 – 3 July 1904) was a Hungarian Jewish journalist and lawyer who was the father of modern political Zionism.
Vladan DesnicaAuthor · BooksVladan Desnica (Serbian Cyrillic: Владан Десница; 17 September 1905 – 4 March 1967) was a Yugoslav writer and translator.
Vlasta BurianPerson · Film memorabiliaJosef Vlastimil Burian, better known as Vlasta Burian, (9 April 1891 – 31 January 1962) was a Czech actor, singer, comedian, footballer and film director.
Wanda WasilewskaAuthor · BooksWanda Wasilewska (ˈvanda vaɕiˈlɛfska), also known by her Russian name Vanda Lvovna Vasilevskaya (21 January 1905 – 29 July 1964), was a Polish and Soviet novelist and journalist and a…
Zdeněk ŠtěpánekAuthor · BooksZdeněk Štěpánek (22 September 1896 – 20 June 1968) was a Czech actor. He appeared in 65 films between 1922 and 1968.

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