List of notable or famous poets from Austria, with bios and photos, including the top poets born in Austria and even some popular poets who immigrated to Austria. If you're trying to find out the names of famous Austrian poets then this list is the perfect resource for you. These poets are among the most prominent in their field, and information about each well-known poet from Austria is included when available.
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Alexander Lernet-Holenia was an Austrian poet, novelist, dramaturgist and writer of screenplays and historical studies who produced a heterogeneous literary opus that included poetry, psychological novels describing the intrusion of otherworldly or unreal experiences into reality, and recreational films.
Age: Dec. at 78 (1897-1976)
Birthplace: Europe, Austria, Vienna, Central Europe
Archduke Wilhelm Franz of Austria, later Wilhelm Franz von Habsburg-Lothringen (10 February 1895 ā 18 August 1948), also known as Basil the Embroidered (Ukrainian: ŠŠ°ŃŠøŠ»Ń ŠŠøŃŠøŠ²Š°Š½ŠøŠ¹, romanized: Vasyl Vyshyvani), was an Austrian archduke, a colonel of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen, and a poet.
Erwin Guido Kolbenheyer (December 30, 1878, Budapest ā April 12, 1962, Munich) was an Austrian novelist, poet and playwright. Later based in Germany, he belonged to a group of writers that included the likes of Hans Grimm, Rudolf G. Binding, Emil StrauĆ, Agnes Miegel and Hanns Johst, all of whom found favour under the Nazis. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times.
Franz Adolf Friedrich Schober, since 1801 von Schober (born 17 May 1796, Torup Castle at Malmƶ, Sweden; died 13 September 1882 in Dresden), was an Austrian poet, librettist, lithographer, actor in Breslau and Legationsrat in Weimar.
Schober was born to Austrian parents in Sweden. Educated in the Schnepfenthal Salzmann School, Akademisches Gymnasium (Vienna) and KremsmĆ¼nster Abbey, he returned to Vienna, where he began to study philosophy and met the composer Franz Schubert, his friends Johann Mayrhofer, Joseph von Spaun and the painters Leopold Kupelwieser and Moritz von Schwind.
Between 1823 and 1825, Schober was an actor at the theatre in Breslau under the pseudonym "Torupson". In theĀ ...more
