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Austrian dramatic, publicist and writer
Hermann Anastas Bahr
(
German pronunciation:
[?h??man
?baː??]
; 19 July 1863 ? 15 January 1934) was an
Austrian
writer
, playwright, director, and critic.
Biography
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Born and raised in
Linz
,
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Bahr studied in
Vienna
,
Graz
,
Czernowitz
and
Berlin
, devoting special attention to
philosophy
,
political economy
,
philology
and
law
. During a prolonged stay in
Paris
, he discovered his interest in literature and art. He began working as an art critic, first in Berlin, then in Vienna. In 1890 he became associate editor of
Berliner Freie Buhne
(
Berlin Free Stage
), and later became associate editor and critic of the
Deutsche Zeitung
(
German Newspaper
). In 1894 he began publication of
Die Zeit
(
The Times
), and was also editor of the
Neue Wiener Tagblatt
(
New Vienna Daily Flyer
) and the
Oesterreichische Volkszeitung
(
Austrian Popular Newspaper
).
In 1906?07, Bahr worked with
Max Reinhardt
as a director at the German Theater (
German
:
Deutsches Theater
) in
Berlin
, and starting in 1918 he was a
Dramaturg
with the Vienna
Burgtheater
.
Spokesman for the literary group
Young Vienna
, Bahr was an active member of the Austrian avant-garde, producing both criticism and
Impressionist
plays. Bahr's association with the coffeehouse literati made him one of the main targets of
Karl Kraus
's satirical journal
Die Fackel
(
The Torch
) after Kraus's falling out with the group.
Bahr was the first critic to apply the label
modernism
to literary works, and was an early observer of
Expressionism
. His theoretical papers were important in the definition of new literary categories. His 40 plays and around 10 novels never reached the quality of his theoretical work. He died, aged 70, in
Munich
.
Selected fiction
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Plays
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- The New People
(
Die neuen Menschen
? 1887)
- The Mother
(
Die Mutter
? 1891)
- Das Tschaperl
(1897)
- Der Star
(1899)
- Wienerinnen
(1900)
- Der Krampus
(1902)
- Ringelspiel
(1907)
- The Concert
(
Das Konzert
? 1909)
- The Children
(
Die Kinder
? 1911)
- Das Prinzip
(1912)
- Der Querulant
(1914)
- The Master
(
Der Meister
? 1904)
Short stories and novellas
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- The School of Love
(
Die gute Schule. Seelenstande
? 1890)
- Fin de siecle
(1891)
- Die Rahl
(1908)
- O Mensch
(1910)
- Osterreich in Ewigkeit
(1929)
Selected nonfiction
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Essays
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Books
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- Theater
(1897)
- Drut
(1909)
- Himmelfahrt
(1916)
- Die Rotte Korahs
(1919)
- Self-Portrait
(
Selbstbildnis
? 1923), an autobiography
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