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Billinger, Richard


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Richard Billinger, photo 1938




Billinger, Richard, b. St. Marienkirchen (Upper Austria), July 20, 1890, d. Linz (Upper Austria), June 7, 1965, poet, lived in Munich and Berlin. The depiction of the changing rural world in his native country is characteristic of his work; confronts a mystical and demonic view of the world with Christian ideas.


Works: poetry: Über die Äcker, 1923; Sichel am Himmel, 1931; Die Nachtwache, 1935; Holder Morgen, 1942. - Dramas: Knecht, 1924; Das Perchtenspiel, 1928; Rauhnacht, 1931; Rosse, 1931; Die Hexe von Passau, 1935; Melusine, 1941; Das Augsburger Jahrtausendspiel, 1955; Die Bauernpassion, 1960. - Novels, prose: Das Schutzengelhaus, 1934; Das verschenkte Leben, 1937; Palast der Jugend, 1951 (autobiography). - Editions: Gesammelte Werke, 12 vols., 1955-1960; Gesammelte Werke, 7 vols., 1972-1983.

Literature: E. Rabenstein, Dichtung zw. Tradition und Moderne, 1988.


 
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