Richard Beer-Hofmann

Pamela S. Saur (Lamar University)

Ed. by Gerhard P. Knapp, University of Utah
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.4.2: German-language Writing and Culture: Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, 800-present.
Vol. editors: Gerhard P. Knapp (University of Utah), Jennifer Marston William (Purdue University), Herbert Rowland (Purdue University), Jill E. Twark (East Carolina University)

Dates

Born 11 Jul 1866
Died 26 Sep 1945
Activity 1891-1945

Places

Born in Austria
Active in Austria

Activities

Primary

Playwright / Dramatist
Poet

Resources

Beer-Hofmann's Works

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Richard Beer-Hofmann published fewer than a dozen books, but they include varied works of drama, prose, and poetry, and pioneered several literary movements. Beer-Hofmann also was known as a charming and popular member of the “Young Vienna” literary circle and a theatrical producer and director in Vienna, Salzburg, and Berlin. His Old Testament dramas reflect his strong identity as a Jewish writer. Like his other plays, they also display his mission to rid the theater of Naturalism and anticipate features of Expressionism. Beer-Hofmann’s acclaimed novel

Der Tod Georgs

[

Georg’s Death

, 1900] and his novellas, in the Viennese

Jugendstil

or “art nouveau” style, are among the earliest and most beautiful German examples of the “stream of consciousness” technique. Lacking…

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Citation: Saur, Pamela S.. "Richard Beer-Hofmann". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 04 June 2008 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=12111, accessed 21 November 2024.]

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