Peter Altenberg (akaRichard Englü¾†”¼nder, 1859-1919) born into a well-to-do, assimilated Viennese Jewish family, took advantage of a medical diagnosis of over-excitation of the nervous system and a consequent incapacity for gainful employment to devote himself heart and soul to the life of the Bohemian poet. Author of eleven books published during his lifetime and two more after his death, Altenberg also pioneered the verynotion of loose-fitting leisure attire, designed a line of necklaces, favored sandals, walking sticks and slivovitz. His long list of literary admirers included Karl Kraus, Heinrich and Thomas Mann, Robert Musil, Arthur Schnitzler and George Bernard Shaw. Recipient of the 2012 Gold Grand Prize for Best Travel Story of the Year, Peter Wortsman is the author of A Modern Way to Die: Small Stories and Microtales, the plays The Tattooed Man Tells All and Burning Words, the recent memoir Ghost Dance in Berlin: A Rhapsody in Gray, and the forthcoming novel Cold Earth Wanderers. His translations from the German include Robert Musil[s Posthumous Papers of a Living Author, Heinrich Heine[s Travel Pictures, Peter Altenberg[s Telegrams of the Soul, and Tales of the German Imagination: From The Brothers Grimm to Ingeborg Bachmann, an anthology published by Penguin Classics.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781016584203 |
| ISBN 10 | 1016584202 |
| Title | Das Altenberg-Buch |
| Author | Peter Altenberg |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Legare Street Press |
| Year published | 2022-10-27 |
| Number of pages | 624 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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