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Tschabuschnigg, Adolf Ignaz Ritter von auch A. V. T. Süd
© Copyright Adolf Ritter von Tschabuschnigg. Photo, around 1870. Tschabuschnigg, Adolf (Ignaz) Ritter* von (also A. V. T. Süd), b. Klagenfurt (Carinthia), July 20, 1809, d. Vienna, Nov. 1, 1877, narrative writer, poet, politician. Came from a noble Carinthian family, from 1835 in the civil service, 1848 member of the Carinthian Landtag, 1859 Court councillor at the Supreme Court, 1861 in the Reichsrat, 1870/1871 Minister of Justice in the Potocki cabinet, member of the Upper Chamber of the Reichsrat. Influenced by pre-Revolutionary German literature, T. clearly criticized social evils in his novels ("Die Industriellen", 2 vols., 1854; "Sünder und Toren", 2 vols., 1875). Edition: Collected works, 6 vols., 1876-1877. Literature: O. Rudan, Im Wandel unwandelbar. Der Kä. Dichter und Politiker A. Ritter v. T., 1977; C. Volleritsch, A. Ritter v. T. "Die Industriellen" und G. Freytags "Soll und Haben", master's thesis, Graz 1995.
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