August Karl Silberstein (1 July 1827 – 7 March 1900) was an Austrian writer, born in Buda, Austrian Empire.

Biography

Silberstein was educated at the University of Vienna and supported the 1848 revolts in Austria-Hungary with his articles in the German satire periodical Leuchtkugeln, ^[1] which was banned in the middle of 1851. As a result, Silberstein was forced to leave his home.

Impassioned by the country life, he wrote stories of life in villages idealizing the countryside and published popular collections of tales. ^[2] He was thus called the "Austrian Auerbach". His poems had influence in his lifetime, in particular upon the Austrian poet Peter Rosegger, to whom he was to some extent a mentor. These poems were sometimes put to music by composers such as Strauss (Wenn du ein herzig Liebchen hast of 1879) or Anton Bruckner ( Germanenzug of 1864, Vaterlandslied of 1866, and Helgoland of 1893).

Works

• Dorfschwalben aus Österreich ( 1862- 1863)
• Hercules Schwach ( 1864)
• Land u. Leute im Nasswald ( 1868)
• Glänzende Bahnen ( 1874)
• Die Alpenrose von Ischl ( 1875)
• Deutsche Hochlandsgeschichten ( 1877)
• Büchlein Klinginsland ( 1878)
• Denksäulen im Gebiet der Kultur und Litteratur (1878)
• Die Rosenzauberin ( 1884)
• Hauschronik im Blumen— u. Dichter-Schmuck (1884)
• Frau Sorge ( 1886)
• Landläufige Geschichten (1886)
• Dorfmusik ( 1892)

See also

• Revolutions of 1848
• Ferdinand Freiligrath
• Ludwig Kalisch
• Gottfried Kinkel

References

• August Karl Silberstein at the Encyclopedia of Austria
• Portrait, at portrait.kaar.at
• stadtbibliothek.wien.at
• Leuchtkugeln, München/Quedlinburg 1847–1851, ISBN  3-89131-283-0

Notes

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