Anton Wildgans

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Anton Wildgans (born 1881 in Vienna, Austria - died 1932 in Mödling) is an Austrian poet and playwright. His works, wherein realism, neo-romanticism and expressionism mingle, and is focused 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.

[edit] Some of his works

  • Pauvreté (French, poverty), drame (1914)
  • Amour (love), drame (1916)
  • Dies iræ (Latin, day of wrath), drame (1918)
  • Poèmes viennois (French, Viennese poems) (1926).

[edit] References

  • Max Adler (Editor) "Festschrift for Wilhelm Jerusalem to his 60th Birthday" including essays of 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, Christine Touaillon and Anton Wildgans (1915).
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