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Heinrich Glücksmann

1864 – 1947

Austrian writer

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Lived 1864 – 1947 (aged 82–83). Heinrich Glücksmann was an Austrian writer, dramaturge, journalist, screenwriter, playwright and translator.

Heinrich Glücksmann (7 July 1864 – June 1947) was a Moravian-born Austrian author.

He began his literary career at 16, one of his first productions being "Aufsätze über Frauensitten und Unsitten", which appeared in the "Wiener Hausfrauen-Zeitung" under the pseudonym "Henriette Namskilg" (Other pseudonym is "Fortunatus"). He then became a teacher in the Vienna School of Acting. From 1882 to 1885, he was editor of the "Fünfkirchner Zeitung" (of Pécs), and from 1884 to 1886 held similar positions with the "Neue Pester Journal" and the "Polit'sche Volksblatt" of Budapest.

In 1886, Glücksmann published an illustrated biographical edition of the works of Michael von Zichy, the painter; and in the same year, he published a biography of Munkàcsy. Since that time, he had been active as a feuilletonist and dramatist.

His bequest is stored in the Theatermuseum in Vienna.

Literary works His works are: Weihnachts-Zauber, drama, 1888 (Christmas Magic) Die Ball-Königin, comedy, translated from the Hungarian, 1889 (The Queen of the Ball) Wien, literary almanac, 1891 (Vienna) Neues Evangelium, drama, 1892 (New Gospel) Das goldene Zeitalter des Gewerbes, 1893 Ungarns Millennium, 1896 (Hungary's Millennium) Liebesbrief, translation, 1897 (Love Letter) Kreislauf der Liebe, translation, 1897 (Cycle of Love) Dr. Idyll, translation, 1897 Die Bürde der Schönheit, romance, 1897 Franz Joseph I. und seine Zeit, 1898–1899 (Franz Joseph and His Time) Goethe als Theaterleiter, ca. 1906 Fährten und Narben. Gesammelte Gedichte. 1879 – 1912, München, Georg Müller, 1913 Victor Kutschera. Dem Doppeljubilar zum 60. Geburtstag u. zu 40jährigem Kunstwirken ... von seinen Kollegen, 1923

Film scripts Mozarts Leben, Lieben und Leiden, 1921 Theodor Herzl (1921) aka The Wandering Jew: The Life of Theodore Herzl (USA: informal English title)

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1864, Rakšice
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Died
1947, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Austrian writer (1864–1947)

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Heinrich Glücksmann was born in 1864 in Rakšice.

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Heinrich Glücksmann died in 1947 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Heinrich Glücksmann was a writer, dramaturge, journalist, screenwriter, playwright and translator.

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Heinrich Glücksmann was Austrian.

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· Wikipedia: Heinrich Glücksmann

· Wikidata: Q5700110

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