SettingsAustrian poets
Albert Ehrenstein
Albert Ehrenstein was an Austrian-born German Expressionist poet.
Albert Ehrenstein was an Austrian-born German Expressionist poet.
Alexander Lernet-Holenia
Alexander Lernet-Holenia was an Austrian poet, novelist, dramaturgist and writer of screenplays and historical studies who produced a heterogeneous literary opus that included poesy, psychologic...
Alexander Lernet-Holenia was an Austrian poet, novelist, dramaturgist and writer of screenplays and historical studies who produced a heterogeneous literary opus that included poesy, psychologic...
Alfred Meissner
Alfred Meissner (15 October 1822 Teplitz - 29 May 1885 Bregenz) was an Austrian poet.
Alfred Meissner (15 October 1822 Teplitz - 29 May 1885 Bregenz) was an Austrian poet.
Ann Cotten
Ann Cotten (born 1982, Ames, Iowa) is a German writer of American birth.
Ann Cotten (born 1982, Ames, Iowa) is a German writer of American birth.
Anton Wildgans
Anton Wildgans was an Austrian poet and playwright.
Anton Wildgans was an Austrian poet and playwright.
Arik Brauer
Arik Brauer (אריק בראואר; born January 4, 1929) is an Austrian painter, draughtsman, printmaker, poet, dancer, singer and stage designer.
Arik Brauer (אריק בראואר; born January 4, 1929) is an Austrian painter, draughtsman, printmaker, poet, dancer, singer and stage designer.
August Silberstein
August Karl Silberstein was an Austrian writer, born in Ofen, Budapest who was educated at the University of Vienna and supported the 1848 revolts in Austria-Hungary with his articles in the Ger...
August Karl Silberstein was an Austrian writer, born in Ofen, Budapest who was educated at the University of Vienna and supported the 1848 revolts in Austria-Hungary with his articles in the Ger...
Ava (poet)
The poetess Ava, also known as Frau Ava, Ava of Göttweig or Ava of Melk, was the first named female writer in any genre in the German language.
The poetess Ava, also known as Frau Ava, Ava of Göttweig or Ava of Melk, was the first named female writer in any genre in the German language.
Barbara Frischmuth
Barbara Frischmuth (born 5 July 1941 in Altaussee, Salzkammergut) is an Austrian writer of poetry and prose.
Barbara Frischmuth (born 5 July 1941 in Altaussee, Salzkammergut) is an Austrian writer of poetry and prose.
Baron Eligius Franz Joseph von Münch-Bellinghausen
Baron Eligius Franz Joseph von Münch-Bellinghausen (German: Eligius Franz Joseph Freiherr von Münch-Bellinghausen, better known as Friedrich Halm) (April 2, 1806 – May 22, 1871)...
Baron Eligius Franz Joseph von Münch-Bellinghausen (German: Eligius Franz Joseph Freiherr von Münch-Bellinghausen, better known as Friedrich Halm) (April 2, 1806 – May 22, 1871)...
Beatrice von Dovsky
Beatrice von Dovsky (14 July 1866, Vienna - 18 November 1923, Vienna) was an Austrian poet, writer, and actress.
Beatrice von Dovsky (14 July 1866, Vienna - 18 November 1923, Vienna) was an Austrian poet, writer, and actress.
Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg
Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg was an Austrian poetess of the Baroque era.
Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg was an Austrian poetess of the Baroque era.
Christian Ide Hintze
Christian Ide Hintze is an Austrian poet and performance artist, who focuses on the transition from literary to cross-media forms.
Christian Ide Hintze is an Austrian poet and performance artist, who focuses on the transition from literary to cross-media forms.
Christine Busta
Christine Busta (born April 23, 1915, in Vienna, Austria - December 3, 1987, in Vienna) was an Austrian poet.
Christine Busta (born April 23, 1915, in Vienna, Austria - December 3, 1987, in Vienna) was an Austrian poet.
Cvetka Lipuš
Cvetka Lipuš (born 1966) is an Austrian poet writing in Slovenian.
Cvetka Lipuš (born 1966) is an Austrian poet writing in Slovenian.
Dietmar von Aist
Dietmar von Aist was a Minnesinger from a baronial family of Upper Austria, documented between 1140 and 1171, whose work is representative of the lyric poetry of the Danube region.
Dietmar von Aist was a Minnesinger from a baronial family of Upper Austria, documented between 1140 and 1171, whose work is representative of the lyric poetry of the Danube region.
Eduard Duller
Eduard Duller was a German-Austrian writer and clergyman, very active as a poet, novelist and later as a historian.
Eduard Duller was a German-Austrian writer and clergyman, very active as a poet, novelist and later as a historian.
Elfriede Gerstl
Elfriede Gerstl (16 June 1932 – 9 April 2009) was an Austrian author and Holocaust-survivor.
Elfriede Gerstl (16 June 1932 – 9 April 2009) was an Austrian author and Holocaust-survivor.
Ernst, Baron von Feuchtersleben
Baron Ernst von Feuchtersleben, fully Ernst Maria Johann Karl Freiherr von Feuchtersleben (April 29, 1806, Vienna – September 3, 1849, Vienna) was an Austrian physician, poet and p...
Baron Ernst von Feuchtersleben, fully Ernst Maria Johann Karl Freiherr von Feuchtersleben (April 29, 1806, Vienna – September 3, 1849, Vienna) was an Austrian physician, poet and p...
Felix Braun
Felix Braun (November 4, 1885, Vienna – November 29, 1973, Klosterneuburg, Lower Austria) was an Austrian writer.
Felix Braun (November 4, 1885, Vienna – November 29, 1973, Klosterneuburg, Lower Austria) was an Austrian writer.
Franz Grillparzer
Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer was an Austrian writer who is chiefly known for his dramas.
Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer was an Austrian writer who is chiefly known for his dramas.
Franz Karl Ginzkey
Franz Karl Ginzkey (September 8, 1871, Pola, Austrian Littoral, Austria-Hungary (now Pula, Croatia) - April 11, 1963, Seewalchen am Attersee, Upper Austria, Austria) was an austro-Hungarian (the...
Franz Karl Ginzkey (September 8, 1871, Pola, Austrian Littoral, Austria-Hungary (now Pula, Croatia) - April 11, 1963, Seewalchen am Attersee, Upper Austria, Austria) was an austro-Hungarian (the...
Franz Werfel
Franz Viktor Werfel was an Austrian-Bohemian novelist, playwright, and poet whose career spanned World War I, the Interwar period, and World War II. He is primarily known as the author of The ...
Franz Viktor Werfel was an Austrian-Bohemian novelist, playwright, and poet whose career spanned World War I, the Interwar period, and World War II. He is primarily known as the author of The ...
Friederike Mayröcker
Friederike Mayröcker is an Austrian poet.
Friederike Mayröcker is an Austrian poet.
Friedrich Achleitner
Friedrich Achleitner (born 23 May 1930 in Schalchen, Upper Austria) is an Austrian poet and architecture critic.
Friedrich Achleitner (born 23 May 1930 in Schalchen, Upper Austria) is an Austrian poet and architecture critic.
Gerald Jatzek
Gerald Jatzek is an Austrian author, composer and musician.
Gerald Jatzek is an Austrian author, composer and musician.
Gerd Honsik
Gerd Honsik (born 10 October 1941 in Vienna) is an Austrian writer and lyric poet, and a prominent Holocaust denier.
Gerd Honsik (born 10 October 1941 in Vienna) is an Austrian writer and lyric poet, and a prominent Holocaust denier.
Grete Gulbransson
Grete Gulbransson (born Jehly, 31 July 1882 – 26 March 1934) was an Austrian writer and poet, best known for her 1934 family chronicle Geliebte Schatten, which became a best-seller.
Grete Gulbransson (born Jehly, 31 July 1882 – 26 March 1934) was an Austrian writer and poet, best known for her 1934 family chronicle Geliebte Schatten, which became a best-seller.
Gustav Heinse
Gustav Heinse (Густав Хайнзе), born Josef K. Klein (1896–1971), was an Austro–Hungarian-born poet and translator who was mostly active in Bulgaria, where he lived and worked from 1924 unti...
Gustav Heinse (Густав Хайнзе), born Josef K. Klein (1896–1971), was an Austro–Hungarian-born poet and translator who was mostly active in Bulgaria, where he lived and worked from 1924 unti...
H. C. Artmann
Hans Carl Artmann, also known as Ib Hansen, was an Austrian-born poet and writer, most popular for his early poems written in Viennese, which however, never after were to be the focus...
Hans Carl Artmann, also known as Ib Hansen, was an Austrian-born poet and writer, most popular for his early poems written in Viennese, which however, never after were to be the focus...
Hans Dieter Aigner
Hans Dieter Aigner (b. 1958 in Linz) is an Austrian artist and writer.
Hans Dieter Aigner (b. 1958 in Linz) is an Austrian artist and writer.
Hans Stoiber
Dr Hans Helmut Stoiber is an Austrian poet.
Dr Hans Helmut Stoiber is an Austrian poet.
Helene Migerka
Helene Migerka (September 13, 1867, Brno - March 26, 1928, Graz) was an Austrian poetess, novelist, was a daughter of the Austrian feminist and writer Katharina Kämpffat (1844, Tilsit - 1922) an...
Helene Migerka (September 13, 1867, Brno - March 26, 1928, Graz) was an Austrian poetess, novelist, was a daughter of the Austrian feminist and writer Katharina Kämpffat (1844, Tilsit - 1922) an...
Hugo Huppert
Hugo Huppert (1902–1982) was an Austrian poet, translator and writer.
Hugo Huppert (1902–1982) was an Austrian poet, translator and writer.
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Hugo Laurenz August Hofmann von Hofmannsthal, was an Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist, narrator, and essayist.
Hugo Laurenz August Hofmann von Hofmannsthal, was an Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist, narrator, and essayist.
Humbert Fink
Humbert Fink (i.e. Luigi Umberto Fink; * August 13, 1933 in Vietri sul Mare near Salerno, Italy; † May 16, 1992 in Maria Saal, Carinthia) was an Austrian writer and journalist.
Humbert Fink (i.e. Luigi Umberto Fink; * August 13, 1933 in Vietri sul Mare near Salerno, Italy; † May 16, 1992 in Maria Saal, Carinthia) was an Austrian writer and journalist.
Ignaz Vincenz Zingerle
Ignaz Vincenz Zingerle, Austrian poet and scholar, was born, the son of the Roman Catholic theologian and orientalist Pius Zingerle, at Meran on the 6th of June 1825.
Ignaz Vincenz Zingerle, Austrian poet and scholar, was born, the son of the Roman Catholic theologian and orientalist Pius Zingerle, at Meran on the 6th of June 1825.
Imma von Bodmershof
Imma von Bodmershof (née Emma Lilly Isolde von Ehrenfels) (August 10, 1895 - August 26, 1982) was an Austrian poetess born in Graz.
Imma von Bodmershof (née Emma Lilly Isolde von Ehrenfels) (August 10, 1895 - August 26, 1982) was an Austrian poetess born in Graz.
Ingeborg Bachmann
Ingeborg Bachmann (25 June 1926 – 17 October 1973) was an Austrian poet and author.
Ingeborg Bachmann (25 June 1926 – 17 October 1973) was an Austrian poet and author.
Jans der Enikel
Jans der Enikel, i.e. "Jans the Grandson" was a Viennese poet and historian of the late 13th century.
Jans der Enikel, i.e. "Jans the Grandson" was a Viennese poet and historian of the late 13th century.
Johann Gabriel Seidl
Johann Gabriel Seidl (21 June 1804 – 18 July 1875) was an Austrian archeologist, poet, storyteller and dramatist.
Johann Gabriel Seidl (21 June 1804 – 18 July 1875) was an Austrian archeologist, poet, storyteller and dramatist.
Josef Weinheber
Josef Weinheber (9 March 1892 in Vienna – 8 April 1945 in Kirchstetten, Lower Austria by suicide) was an Austrian lyric poet, narrative writer and essayist.
Josef Weinheber (9 March 1892 in Vienna – 8 April 1945 in Kirchstetten, Lower Austria by suicide) was an Austrian lyric poet, narrative writer and essayist.
Joseph Christian Freiherr von Zedlitz
Joseph Christian Freiherr von Zedlitz (Baron Joseph Christian von Zedlitz, born February 28, 1790, in Jánský Vrch Castle, Javorník (today in the Czech Republic), died March 16, 1862, in Vi...
Joseph Christian Freiherr von Zedlitz (Baron Joseph Christian von Zedlitz, born February 28, 1790, in Jánský Vrch Castle, Javorník (today in the Czech Republic), died March 16, 1862, in Vi...
Joseph Kalmer
Joseph Kalmer (August 17, 1898, Nehrybce (Nahrybka, today Poland) - July 9, 1959, Vienna) was an Austrian writer, poet and translator.
Joseph Kalmer (August 17, 1898, Nehrybce (Nahrybka, today Poland) - July 9, 1959, Vienna) was an Austrian writer, poet and translator.
Karl Isidor Beck
Karl Isidor Beck was an Austrian poet.
Karl Isidor Beck was an Austrian poet.
Karl Kraus
Karl Kraus (April 28, 1874 – June 12, 1936) was an Austrian writer and journalist, known as a satirist, essayist, aphorist, playwright and poet.
Karl Kraus (April 28, 1874 – June 12, 1936) was an Austrian writer and journalist, known as a satirist, essayist, aphorist, playwright and poet.
Karl Skala
Karl Skala (3 February 1925 – 31 December 2007) was an Austrian poet.
Karl Skala (3 February 1925 – 31 December 2007) was an Austrian poet.
Konrad Bayer
Konrad Bayer was an Austrian writer and poet.
Konrad Bayer was an Austrian writer and poet.
Krayem Awad
Krayem Maria Awad is a prominent Vienna-based painter, sculptor and poet of Syrian origin.
Krayem Maria Awad is a prominent Vienna-based painter, sculptor and poet of Syrian origin.
Leopold Andrian
Leopold Andrian, actually Leopold Freiherr Ferdinand von Andrian zu Werburg was an Austrian author, dramatist and diplomat.
Leopold Andrian, actually Leopold Freiherr Ferdinand von Andrian zu Werburg was an Austrian author, dramatist and diplomat.
Lilian Faschinger
Lilian Faschinger (born April 29, 1950) is an Austrian novelist, short story writer, poet, and literary translator.
Lilian Faschinger (born April 29, 1950) is an Austrian novelist, short story writer, poet, and literary translator.
Lorenz Leopold Haschka
Lorenz Leopold Haschka (1 September 1749 – 3 August 1827) was an Austrian poet and author of the words to Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser, Austria's national anthem until 1918.
Lorenz Leopold Haschka (1 September 1749 – 3 August 1827) was an Austrian poet and author of the words to Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser, Austria's national anthem until 1918.
Ludwig August von Frankl
Ludwig August Ritter von Frankl-Hochwart was a Bohemian-Austrian writer and poet.
Ludwig August Ritter von Frankl-Hochwart was a Bohemian-Austrian writer and poet.
Maja Haderlap
Maja Haderlap (born 26 August 1961 in Eisenkappel-Vellach (Slovene: Železna Kapla-Bela), Carinthia) is a bi-lingual Slovenian-German Austrian writer.
Maja Haderlap (born 26 August 1961 in Eisenkappel-Vellach (Slovene: Železna Kapla-Bela), Carinthia) is a bi-lingual Slovenian-German Austrian writer.
Marx Augustin
Marx Augustin (also Markus Augustin, "Der Liebe Augustin") (1643, Vienna - March 11, 1685, (or October 10, 1705), Vienna) was an Austrian minstrel, bagpiper, and improvisatory poet m...
Marx Augustin (also Markus Augustin, "Der Liebe Augustin") (1643, Vienna - March 11, 1685, (or October 10, 1705), Vienna) was an Austrian minstrel, bagpiper, and improvisatory poet m...
Mascha Kaléko
Mascha Kaléko, born Golda Malka Aufen on June 7, 1907 in Chrzanów, Austria; died January 21, 1975 in Zürich was a Jewish German language poet.
Mascha Kaléko, born Golda Malka Aufen on June 7, 1907 in Chrzanów, Austria; died January 21, 1975 in Zürich was a Jewish German language poet.
Matthäus Casimir von Collin
Matthäus Casimir von Collin (3 March 1779, Vienna - 23 November 1824, Penzing (former independent suburb of Vienna)) was a leading poet in the Vienna of his time.
Matthäus Casimir von Collin (3 March 1779, Vienna - 23 November 1824, Penzing (former independent suburb of Vienna)) was a leading poet in the Vienna of his time.
Michael Denis
Johann Nepomuk Cosmas Michael Denis, also: Sined the Bard, (27 September 1729 – 29 September 1800) was an Austrian poet, bibliographer, and lepidopterist.
Johann Nepomuk Cosmas Michael Denis, also: Sined the Bard, (27 September 1729 – 29 September 1800) was an Austrian poet, bibliographer, and lepidopterist.
Nikolaus Lenau
Nikolaus Lenau was the nom de plume of Nikolaus Franz Niembsch Edler von Strehlenau (25 August 1802, Schadat, near Temesvár, Hungary – 22 August 1850, Oberdöbling, near Vienna), a German l...
Nikolaus Lenau was the nom de plume of Nikolaus Franz Niembsch Edler von Strehlenau (25 August 1802, Schadat, near Temesvár, Hungary – 22 August 1850, Oberdöbling, near Vienna), a German l...
Peter Hammerschlag
Peter Hammerschlag (June 27, 1902, Alsergrund, Vienna 1942, Auschwitz concentration camp) was an Austrian writer, surrealist poet, actor, Kabarett artist and graphic artist.
Peter Hammerschlag (June 27, 1902, Alsergrund, Vienna 1942, Auschwitz concentration camp) was an Austrian writer, surrealist poet, actor, Kabarett artist and graphic artist.
Peter Suchenwirt
Peter Suchenwirt was an Austrian poet and herald.
Peter Suchenwirt was an Austrian poet and herald.
Peter Waterhouse
Peter Waterhouse is an Austrian writer and translator.
Peter Waterhouse is an Austrian writer and translator.
Rachel Akerman
Rachel Akerman (1522–1544) was an Austrian-Jewish poet.
Rachel Akerman (1522–1544) was an Austrian-Jewish poet.
Rainer Maria Rilke
René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke, better known as Rainer Maria Rilke, was a Bohemian-Austrian poet.
René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke, better known as Rainer Maria Rilke, was a Bohemian-Austrian poet.
Richard Beer-Hofmann
Richard Beer-Hofmann (born 11 July 1866 in Vienna — died 26 September 1945 in New York) was an Austrian dramatist and poet.
Richard Beer-Hofmann (born 11 July 1866 in Vienna — died 26 September 1945 in New York) was an Austrian dramatist and poet.
Richard von Schaukal
Richard (von) Schaukal (born May 27, 1874, in Brno - died October 10, 1942, in Vienna) was a Moravia-born Austrian poet.
Richard (von) Schaukal (born May 27, 1874, in Brno - died October 10, 1942, in Vienna) was a Moravia-born Austrian poet.
Robert Bodanzky
Robert Bodanzky, also known as Danton (born 18 March 1879 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary as Isidor Bodanskie, died 2 November 1923 in Berlin, Germany), was an Austrian journalist, playwr...
Robert Bodanzky, also known as Danton (born 18 March 1879 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary as Isidor Bodanskie, died 2 November 1923 in Berlin, Germany), was an Austrian journalist, playwr...
Rose Ausländer
Rose Ausländer (May 11, 1901 – January 3, 1988), maiden name Rosalie Beatrice Scherzer, was a Jewish German- and English language poet.
Rose Ausländer (May 11, 1901 – January 3, 1988), maiden name Rosalie Beatrice Scherzer, was a Jewish German- and English language poet.
Salomon Hermann Mosenthal
Salomon Hermann Mosenthal was a writer, dramatist, and poet of German-Jewish descent who spent much of his life in Austria.
Salomon Hermann Mosenthal was a writer, dramatist, and poet of German-Jewish descent who spent much of his life in Austria.
Seher Çakır
Seher Çakır (born in 1971, Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish poet and the founding member and author of the German-Turkish newspaper 'Öneri'.
Seher Çakır (born in 1971, Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish poet and the founding member and author of the German-Turkish newspaper 'Öneri'.
Seifried Helbling
Seifried Helbling (* 1230) was an Austrian poet.
Seifried Helbling (* 1230) was an Austrian poet.
Seligmann Heller
Seligmann Heller was an Austrian poet and journalist; born at Raudnitz, Bohemia, July 8, 1831; died in Vienna January 8, 1890.
Seligmann Heller was an Austrian poet and journalist; born at Raudnitz, Bohemia, July 8, 1831; died in Vienna January 8, 1890.
Siegfried L. Kratochwil
Siegfried Leopold Kratochwil (March 24, 1916 – February 25, 2005) was an Austrian painter and poet.
Siegfried Leopold Kratochwil (March 24, 1916 – February 25, 2005) was an Austrian painter and poet.
Siegfried Lipiner
Siegfried Salomo Lipiner (24 October 1856 – 30 December 1911) was an Austrian writer and poet whose works made an impression on Richard Wagner and Friedrich Nietzsche, but who published no...
Siegfried Salomo Lipiner (24 October 1856 – 30 December 1911) was an Austrian writer and poet whose works made an impression on Richard Wagner and Friedrich Nietzsche, but who published no...
Ulrich von Liechtenstein
Ulrich von Liechtenstein (1200–1275) was a medieval ministerialis and minnesinger, author of noted works about how knights and nobles may lead more virtuous lives, and a powerful leader in the...
Ulrich von Liechtenstein (1200–1275) was a medieval ministerialis and minnesinger, author of noted works about how knights and nobles may lead more virtuous lives, and a powerful leader in the...
Uriel Birnbaum
Uriel Birnbaum (November 13, 1894, in Vienna − December 9, 1956, in Amersfoort, Netherlands) was an Austrian painter, caricaturist, writer and poet.
Uriel Birnbaum (November 13, 1894, in Vienna − December 9, 1956, in Amersfoort, Netherlands) was an Austrian painter, caricaturist, writer and poet.
Walther Eidlitz
Walther Eidlitz, born 1892 in Wienna, dead 1976 in Vaxholm, also called Vāmana Dāsa, was an Austrian writer, poet, Indologist and historian of religion.
Walther Eidlitz, born 1892 in Wienna, dead 1976 in Vaxholm, also called Vāmana Dāsa, was an Austrian writer, poet, Indologist and historian of religion.