biography
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Hofmannsthal, Hugo von
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pronunciation:
[hofmanztahl]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1874–1929)
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| biography:
| Poet and playwright, born in Vienna, Austria. He early attracted attention by his symbolic, neo-Romantic poems, then wrote several plays, notably Electra (1903), the morality play Jedermann (1912, Everyman), and the comedy, Der Schwierige (1921, The Difficult Man). He also collaborated with Richard Strauss, for whom he wrote the libretti for Der Rosenkavalier (1911) and Die Frau ohne Schatten (1919). With Strauss and Max Reinhardt, he founded the Salzburg Festival after World War 1. |
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