Fritz Lemmermayer

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Fritz Lemmermayer (born March 26, 1857 in Vienna ; † September 11, 1932 there ) was an Austrian writer and journalist .

Life

The father Carl Lemmermayer, a portrait painter, died early, so that the mother Anna († 1886), a pianist, had to raise four underage children alone. From 1876 Fritz Lemmermayer studied philosophy, history and literature in Vienna . Soon he was already writing articles for journals. His circle of friends included Robert Hamerling and Johann Fercher von Steinwand , but above all Friedrich Hebbel and Richard Wagner . In 1887 Lemmermayer worked in Genoa on the collection and publication of Friedrich Hebbel's letters.

Brogyán Castle

On March 31, 1900 Lemmermayer wanted to commit double suicide with his friend Hugo Astl-Leonhard (* 1870), editor-in-chief of the magazine Trautes Heim . While the friend died, Lemmermayer survived. He then retired to the castle of Prince Elimar von Oldenburg in Brogyán for 25 years . After returning to Vienna, Lemmermayer came into the circle of Richard Kralik and became friends with Rudolf Steiner , whose Anthroposophical Society he joined in 1926.

Works

  • The alchemist . (Novel), 1884
  • In the labyrinth of life . (Poems), 1892
  • Samson and Delilah . (Tragedy), 1893
  • Belladonna . (Novel), 1895
  • Hashish . (Oriental Tales), 1898
  • The dreary house. Poverty and cockiness . (Two stories), 1900
  • Novellas and Novellettes . 1903, 2nd edition 1909
  • Suffering of a German prince. Duke Elmar of Oldenburg . (Biographical sketch), 1905
  • Poems . 1928
  • Memories of Rudolf Steiner, Robert Hamerling and some personalities of the Austrian intellectual life of the 80s . 1929

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SURNAME Lemmermayer, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH March 26, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH September 11, 1932
Place of death Vienna