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Schaukal, Richard
© Copyright Richard Schaukal, photo 1912 Schaukal, Richard, b. Brno, Czech Republic (then Brünn), May 27, 1874, d. Vienna, Oct. 10, 1942, writer, translator, literary critic, studied law. From 1903 on the executive committee of the ministerial council in Vienna, then head of a division and head of the executive committee in the Ministry of Labour, took early retirement in 1918 and worked as a free-lance writer. His poetic works were influenced by French symbolism, the neo-Romantic and by H. Heine and show a traditional understanding of art; emotiona-laden, melancholic poems and prose marked by cultural pessimism. Edition: works in separate editions, ed. by L. Schaukal and J. Schondorff, 6 vols., 1965-1967. Literature: M. Maurer, Sprache und Stil in der erzählenden Prosa R. v. S., doctoral thesis, Innsbruck 1971; C. Warum, R. v. S. als Kritiker und Übersetzer aus dem Französischen, 3 vols., doctoral thesis, Vienna 1993; D. Pietzcker, R. v. S. Ein österreichischer Dichter der Jahrhundertwende, 1997; ÖBL.
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