biography
pronunciation:
[grilpah(r)tzer]
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| lived:
| (1791–1872)
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| biography:
| Dramatic poet, born in Vienna, Austria. He studied at the University of Vienna, and worked in the imperial civil service (1813–56). He first attracted literary attention with a tragedy, Die Ahnfrau (1817, The Ancestress), and was appointed poet to the Hofburgtheater in 1818. He wrote 12 tragedies and one comedy, as well as lyric poetry and a novel. His plays are considered to be some of the best written for the Austrian stage. |
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