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Hugo von Hofmannsthal

Hugo Laurenz August Hofmann von Hofmannsthal (German: [ˈhuːɡo fɔn ˈhoːfmanstaːl]; 1 February 1874 – 15 July 1929) was an Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist, narrator, and essayist.

Hugo von Hofmannsthal

(1874-02-01)1 February 1874
Landstraße, Vienna, Austria-Hungary

15 July 1929(1929-07-15) (aged 55)
Rodaun, Liesing, Austria

German

Austria

Akademisches Gymnasium

University of Vienna

Symbolism

Gertrud Schlesinger

Christiane, Franz, Raimund

(1902–1987), who married German indologist Heinrich Zimmer in early 1929. Zimmer taught at University of Greifswald, Heidelberg University, and Balliol College, Oxford. After they moved to New Rochelle, he became a visiting lecturer at Columbia University.[16][17]

Christiane von Hofmannsthal

Franz von Hofmannsthal (1903–1929), who committed suicide on 13 July 1929.

(1906–1974), who married Ava Alice Muriel Astor, daughter of John Jacob Astor IV and Ava Lowle Willing in 1933.[18] After divorcing Ava in 1939, Raimund later married Lady Elizabeth Paget, daughter of the 6th Marquess of Anglesey.[19]

Raimund von Hofmannsthal

In 1901 he married Gertrud "Gerty" Schlesinger, the daughter of a Viennese Jewish banker.[15] Gerty converted to Christianity before their marriage, and they settled in Rodaun (now part of Liesing), not far from Vienna, and had three children:


Two days after his elder son Franz committed suicide, Hugo himself died of a stroke while dressing for his funeral at Rodaun.[20] He was buried wearing the habit of a Franciscan tertiary, as he had requested.[6] His widow, who acquired Schloss Prielau in 1932, died in London in 1959.[15]

This article incorporates material from the German Wikipedia article.

HUGO VON HOFMANNSTHAL, SELECT NARRATIVE PROSE, Translated with an Introduction by ALEXANDER STILLMARK, Ariadne Press, Riverside, CA, 2020.

HUGO VON HOFMANNSTHAL, THE INCORRUPTIBLE SERVANT, (Der Unbestechliche) Translated with an Introduction by ALEXANDER STILLMARK (Modern Humanities Association, Cambridge 2021).

HUGO VON HOFMANNSTHAL, AN IMPOSSIBLE MAN, (Der Schwierige) Translated with an Introduction and Appendixes by Alexander Stillmark (Modern Humanities Association, Cambridge 2016).

at Project Gutenberg

Works by Hugo von Hofmannsthal

at Internet Archive

Works by or about Hugo von Hofmannsthal

at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks) (in German)

Works by Hugo von Hofmannsthal

Hugo von Hofmannsthal Resource Center

University of Washington Vienna 1900 Page

in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW

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