Friedrich Marx (Author)

Friedrich Marx (1862)

Friedrich Marx, portrait by Michael Ogertschnig

Friedrich Marx (born September 20, 1830 in Steinfeld , † June 19, 1905 in Oberdrauburg ) was an Austrian writer and officer.

Life

The son of a private civil servant completed his career as an officer, became a cadet in 1849, first lieutenant in the 1st Viennese gendarmerie regiment in 1857 and captain in 1864. After he retired in 1866, he moved to Graz and devoted himself to his literary inclinations. His poems had already appeared in 1862 under the title Gemüt und Welt . The tragedy Olympias followed in 1863, the Jacobäa von Bayern play in 1869 , and the lyrical epic Bruno of Carinthia in 1875 . From 1870 to 1872 Marx was chairman of the Styrian writers' association. In 1877 he was reactivated and in 1889, after various assignments, he was appointed commander of the Styrian-Carinthian kk Landwehr Infantry Regiment "Klagenfurt" No. 4 . In 1890 he was promoted to colonel. He spent his permanent retirement from 1892 in Graz and Oberdrauburg . Marx was friends with Peter Rosegger , Robert Hamerling and in particular with his relative Alfred Meißner (1822–1885).

Marx is one of the representatives of the "Noric School".

Works

• First songs. Sommer, Vienna 1858, OBV .
• The marshal's crypt in Wetzdorf. Poem. Sommer, Vienna 1858, OBV .
• Lyric poems. Leykam, Graz 1862
• Olympias. Historical tragedy. Markgraf, Vienna 1863, OBV .
• Jacobea of ​​Bavaria. Acting in 5 acts. Leykam, Graz 1865, OBV .
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow , -: Samples from (his) poems in German replica by Friedrich Marx. Leykam, Graz 1867, OBV .
• Alessandro Poerio. A picture of life with a lyrical appendix. Pock, Graz 1868, OBV .
• Paltenthal and Dürnschöberl. Summer threads from Upper Styrian mountains. Leykam-Josefsthal, Graz 1874, OBV .
• Mind and world. Poems. Third edition increased by half. Günther, Leipzig 1877, OBV .
• -, Irene von Schellander (Ed.): Lebensblätter. Collected and abandoned seals. Müller, Munich 1909, OBV .

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Marx, Friedrich . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 17th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1867, p. 70 ( digitized version ).
• Ignaz Beck: Colonel Friedrich Marx. A palm leaf on his grave. In: Journal of the historical association for Styria. 4, Issue 1-2, 1906, pp. 1-18. ( archive.org ).
• Erika Scholz: Friedrich Marx. His life and his poetic work . Dissertation. University of Vienna, Vienna 1948, OBV .
• Erich Nussbaumer:  Marx Friedrich. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 6, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1975, ISBN 3-7001-0128-7 , p. 121.

Web links

• Literature by and about Friedrich Marx in the catalog of the German National Library
• Literary and cultural history handbook of Styria in the 19th century
• Killy literary dictionary. Authors and works from the German-speaking cultural area. P. 22

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Little Chronicle. (...) † Colonel Friedrich Marx. In:  Neue Freie Presse , Abendblatt, No. 14662/1905, June 19, 1905, p. 8, bottom left. (Online at ANNO ). .