Peter Altenberg (9 March 1859 – 8 January 1919) was a writer and poet from Vienna, Austria.
He was key to the genesis of early modernism in the city. ==Biography== He was born Richard Engländer on 9 March 1859 in Vienna.
The inspiration for his trademark short prose he drew from the concise aesthetic of Charles Baudelaire's prose poems and the spatial limitations of the 'Correspondenzkarte,' the postcard, first launched and disseminated in his native Austria in 1869. He became well known throughout Vienna after the publication of a book of his fragmentary observations of women and children in everyday street activities.
Briefe und Dokumente 1892–1896.
He cultivated a feminine appearance and feminine handwriting, wore a cape, sandals and a broad-brimmed hat, and despised 'macho' masculinity. Discovered by Arthur Schnitzler in 1894 and appreciated by Hugo von Hofmannsthal and Karl Kraus, Altenberg was one of the main proponents of Viennese Impressionism.
Fischer, Berlin 1896; Manesse, Zürich 2007, Ashantee.
Fischer, Berlin 1897; Loecker, Wien 2008, Was der Tag mir zuträgt.
Fischer, Berlin 1901 Prodromos.
Fischer, Berlin 1906 Märchen des Lebens.
Fischer, Berlin 1908; veränd.
Fischer, Berlin 1908 Bilderbögen des kleinen Lebens.
Reiss, Berlin 1909 Neues Altes.
Fischer, Berlin 1911 (Digitalised at Bielefeld University) Semmering 1912.
Fischer, Berlin 1911 (Digitalised at Bielefeld University) Semmering 1912.
In 1913, Berg's Five songs on picture postcard texts by Peter Altenberg were premiered in Vienna.
Fischer, Berlin 1913; verm.
Fischer, Berlin 1915 Nachfechsung.
Fischer, Berlin 1916 Vita ipsa.
Fischer, Berlin 1918 Mein Lebensabend.
Peter Altenberg (9 March 1859 – 8 January 1919) was a writer and poet from Vienna, Austria.
Two selections have been translated, Evocations of Love (1960) and Telegrams of the Soul: Selected Prose of Peter Altenberg (2005). Altenberg, who never married, died on 8 January 1919, aged 59.
Fischer, Berlin 1919 (Digitalised at Bielefeld University Der Nachlass von Peter Altenberg, zusammensgestellt von Alfred Polgar.
Fischer, Berlin 1925. Peter Altenberg.
The piece caused an uproar, and the performance had to be halted: a complete performance of the work was not given until 1952. Altenberg, like many writers and artists, was constantly short of money, but he was adept at making friends, cultivating patrons, and convincing others to pay for his meals, his champagne, even his rent, with which he was frequently late.
Atlantis, Zürich 1963 Das Buch der Bücher von Peter Altenberg, zusammengestellt von Karl Kraus.
Fischer, Berlin 1896; Manesse, Zürich 2007, Ashantee.
Fischer, Berlin 1897; Loecker, Wien 2008, Was der Tag mir zuträgt.
Wallstein, Göttingen 2009, Die Selbsterfindung eines Dichters.
Wallstein, Göttingen 2009, === English translated === Telegrams of the Soul: Selected Prose of Peter Altenberg (2005).
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