Karl Emerich Hirt

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Karl Emerich Hirt , also known under the pseudonyms Nemesius, Austriacus and KEH (born December 19, 1866 in Opava , Silesia; † January 24, 1963 in Innsbruck ) was an Austrian writer , art critic and essayist.

Live and act

In 1868 his family moved to Vienna. From 1872 he attended elementary school in Döbling, then various high schools and the commercial school in Vienna, but without graduating with a Matura. In 1890, Hirt joined the Austro-Hungarian Bank. He worked alternately in branches in Vienna and Innsbruck. In 1913 he was elected to the board of the branch in Innsbruck, a post he held until his retirement as chief inspector of the Austrian National Bank in 1923.

Until then, Hirt was mainly a poet, but after that he also wrote short stories. His first poem was published in Peter Rossegger's Heimgarten . Hirt was acquainted with Ferdinand von Saar, Adolf Wilbrandt (with whom Hirt had a lasting friendship) and later Anton Wildgans, who promoted his poetic work. He was also in an intensive correspondence with Albin Egger-Lienz . He would have liked to become a painter himself, but had to give up because of financial concerns.

As an art critic and essayist, Hirt appeared in numerous lectures and articles in Tyrolean daily newspapers, v. a. in the Innsbrucker Nachrichten and the Tiroler Nachrichten . In 1914 he tried in vain to work at the Brenner Pass . In 1919 he got into conflict with Ludwig von Ficker over a reading organized by Otto König, which resulted in a satirical attack by Karl Kraus in the Fackel number Innsbruck and others .

Works

  • The army of God. The confession of a German. Innsbruck: Deutsche Buchdruckerei Gesellschaft mbH 1914
  • Pentecost. A mountain devotion. Innsbruck: Wagner 1916
  • God remains victor. A German's war diary. Innsbruck, Vienna, Munich: Tyrolia 1919
  • Contessa Hekuba. Award-winning novella. Vienna, Leipzig: Kultur-Verlag 1925 (Die Kultur, 11, 1925)
  • People from Austria. Novellas. Berlin, Vienna, Leipzig: Zsolnay 1937
  • Gloria in dolores. On the 50th anniversary of the death of Empress Elisabeth of Austria. Zurich, Leipzig, Vienna: Amalthea 1948 (Famous Women in World History 4)
  • The holy war. For the Goethe year MCMIL. VIII. Song from the epic The Army of God. Innsbruck: Inn-Verlag 1949
  • Goethe and the Polish Viktusza. Novella. Innsbruck: Inn-Verlag 1949
  • Perfect ways. Three novels. Edited by Fritz Eichler. Heidelberg: Odertor-Verlag 1960

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personal data
SURNAME Shepherd, Karl Emerich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer, art critic and essayist
DATE OF BIRTH December 19, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Opava , Silesia
DATE OF DEATH January 24, 1963
Place of death innsbruck