Leo Greiner
Leo Greiner (born April 1, 1876 in Brno , † August 21, 1928 in Berlin ) was an Austro-German writer of Jewish origin, critic, late Romantic poet, Lenau researcher, translator from Chinese.
Life
After the early death of his father, he left Brno and spent years wandering through Austria-Hungary's cities with his mother and sister, who was an actress, then settled in Kronstadt and from there to Munich , where he studied literary history and aesthetics from 1895. There he was also a lecturer for dramaturgy and with the name "Dionysius Tod" one of the "eleven executioners" (first political cabaret in Germany).
From 1904, after moving to Berlin, he was lecturer (dramaturge) at S. Fischer.
He was also a first lieutenant in the reserve.
Major works
- The Millennium (Poetry), 1900
- Lenau biography ( Nikolaus Lenau ), 1904
- The King of Love (drama), 1905
- Poems (under the title Diary ), 1906
- Comedy Lysistrata freely based on Aristophanes , 1908
- Duke Boccanera's End (drama), 1908
- Arbaces and Panthea (play), 1911
- Old German short stories (editor, exemplary anthology), 1912
- Chinese Evenings, Novellas and Stories from Chinese (translation), 1914
literature
- Wilhelm Bietak: Greiner, Leo. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1966, ISBN 3-428-00188-5 , p. 39 ( digitized version ).
- Greiner Leo. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 56.
Web links
Wikisource: Leo Greiner - Sources and full texts
- Literature by and about Leo Greiner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by Leo Greiner in the Gutenberg-DE project
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Greiner, Leo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austro-German writer, critic, translator, editor, dramaturge |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 1, 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brno |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 21, 1928 |
| Place of death | Berlin |