Wilhelm Fischer (writer, 1846)

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Wilhelm Fischer in Graz

Wilhelm Fischer called Fischer in Graz (born April 18, 1846 in Csakathurn , † May 30, 1932 in Graz ) was an Austrian writer . He was of Jewish faith and converted to Catholic in 1922 .

Life

Wilhelm Fischer was born in Csakathurn, today's Čakovec in Croatia , as the son of the Jewish merchant Karl Fischer and his wife Johanna Fischer née Heinrich († 1886). He graduated from the high schools in Varazdin and Stuhlweissenburg and studied from 1865 Jus , medicine and natural sciences later history , philosophy and philology at the University of Graz , where he in 1870 to Dr. phil. PhD . During his studies in 1865 he became a member of the Graz academic fraternity of Stiria . After his studies he was a civil servant in the Styrian State Library , which he led as director from 1901. In 1919 Fischer was retired. In addition, Fischer was chairman of the Styrian Writers' Union.

Wilhelm Fischer died on May 30, 1932 at the age of 86 in Graz. He was buried in the St. Leonhard cemetery to rest.

Act

Wilhelm Fischer wrote stories, novels, dramas and poems. His literary work is rich in reflection, at the same time strongly emotional, is rooted in historical realism , but likes to turn into the fairytale and symbolic. He is considered a narrator with deep empathy for people and the landscape of Styria and became the " Grazer Stadtpoet "

Honor

In Graz, Wilhelm-Fischer-Allee is named after him - the continuation of Elisabethstraße through the city ​​park to the Künstlerhaus .

Works

  • Atlantis, an epic in nine songs , Leipzig 1880
  • Tales of the summer night , Leipzig 1882
  • Anakreon , Leipzig 1883
  • Songs and Romances , Leipzig 1884
  • Under old skies , Leipzig 1891
  • The Mediceer and other short stories , Leipzig 1894
  • Graz novellas , two volumes, Leipzig 1898
  • The light in the misery , Wiesbaden 1903
  • The joy of light , two volumes, Munich 1902
  • Poet Philosophy , Munich [a. a.] 1904
  • Hans Heinzlin , Munich [a. a.] 1905
  • Queen Hekabe , Munich [a. a.] 1905
  • Lebensmorgen , Munich 1906. - Fourth edition, Munich / Leipzig 1912, full text online
  • Sun and Cloud , Munich [u. a.] 1907
  • From empathy , Munich 1907
  • The Griffin Prince. The sky-blue city , Wiesbaden 1908
  • Sonnenopfer , Munich [u. a.] 1908
  • The Emperor of Byzantium , Munich [u. a.] 1909
  • Friedrich Nietzsche's picture , Munich 1910
  • Murwellen , Munich 1910
  • Women's service , Vienna 1911
  • The house of the elves and other stories , Leipzig 1911.
  • The rainbow bowl and other fairy tales , Reutlingen 1911
  • Path of Fate , Berlin 1911
  • The Styrian State Library , Graz 1911
  • The dream of gold , Munich [u. a.] 1911
  • From the depths , Munich [u. a.] 1912
  • The light in the miserable house. The silver night , Vienna [u. a.] 1912
  • Everyday Magic , Munich [u. a.] 1913
  • Mother Venice , Vienna [a. a.] 1913
  • The ride of the goddess of love , Munich [u. a.] 1914
  • War book , Munich 1915
  • Daring , Gotha 1917
  • The king in the bath , Berlin [u. a.] 1920
  • The secret of the universe , Stuttgart 1921
  • Tragik des Glücks , Stuttgart [a. a.] 1922
  • The castle treasure , Heilbronn 1924
  • The star of love , Munich 1924
  • The light in the shadow , Munich 1925
  • Stories from childhood , Munich 1926
  • Beethoven as a person , Regensburg 1928
  • Master novels , Graz 1948

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gerhard Kurzmann , Ottfried Hafner: Dead in Graz. Living Austrian history in the St. Leonhard cemetery . Verlag Styria, Graz / Vienna 1990, ISBN 3-222-11991-0 , p. 46.
  2. ↑ Jewish weekly. The truth. XLVIII. Volume, Vienna, June 17, 1932, number 25, p. 2 ( Memento of December 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 2.3 MB), accessed on April 3, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Fischer, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fischer in Graz; Fischer-Graz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer
DATE OF BIRTH April 18, 1846
PLACE OF BIRTH Csakathurn
DATE OF DEATH May 30, 1932
Place of death Graz