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.^[1]

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Anton Wildgans

Born	(1881-04-17)17 April 1881 Vienna
Died	3 May 1932(1932-05-03) (aged 51) Mödling
Alma mater	University of Vienna
Genre	drama poetry

Life

Born in Vienna, Wildgans studied law at the University of Vienna, from 1900 to 1909,^[2] and then practiced as an examining magistrate (Untersuchungsrichter) from 1909 to 1911, before devoting himself to writing full-time.^[3]

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.^[3]

One of his teachers was the Austrian Jewish philosopher Wilhelm Jerusalem.^[4] 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.

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Selected works

Armut ("Poverty"), drama, 1914^[5]
Liebe ("Love"), drama, 1916^[6]
Dies Irae, drama, 1918^[7]^[8]
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^[9]

Life

Selected works

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