Iduna (association)

Iduna was an association of conservative Catholic writers from Vienna and existed between 1891 and 1904. This association was brought into being by Johann Fercher von Steinwand , who brought this association into being as a counterpoint against naturalism and young Vienna .

The "Iduna - magazine for poetry and criticism" was launched as a club magazine.

When in 1896 the writer Richard Kralik left the Iduna together with some loyal followers to join the Association of Catholic Writers of Austria , this was actually the beginning of the end of this covenant. When another group left the Iduna in 1904 to join the Vienna Writers' Cooperative , the Iduna was dissolved.

Members (selection)

• Johann Fercher von Steinwand
• Marie Eugenie delle Grazie
• Auguste Hyrtl
• Emilie Mataja
• Josefine von Knorr

Web links

• Entry on Iduna (association) in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )