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Hamerling, Robert eigentlich Rupert HammerlingHamerling, Robert (real name: Rupert Hammerling), b. Kirchberg am Walde (Lower Austria), March 24, 1830, d. Stifting near Graz (Styria), July 13, 1889, epic writer, poet, narrator, dramatist, secondary school teacher in Vienna, Graz and Trieste. Rose to fame especially with his epic poems "Ahasverus in Rom" (1865) and "Der König von Sion" (1869). Great success with his novel "Aspasia" (1876), a novel about the manners and morals of the time and a work of cultural and historical interest. In his poetry H., a supporter of Bismarck, vehemently pleaded for the unification of all Germans. Further Works: poetry: Ein Sangesgruß vom Strande der Adria, 1857; Venus im Exil, 1858; Blätter im Winde, 1887. - Epics in verse: Amor und Psyche, 1882; Homunculus, 1888. - Dramas: Danton und Robespierre, 1871; Teut, 1872; Lord Lucifer, 1880. - Stationen meiner Lebenspilgerschaft, 1889 (autobiography); Die Atomistik des Willens, 2 vols., 1891 (philosophic essay). - Edition: Sämtl. Werke, ed. by M. Rabenlechner, 16 vols., 1911. Literature: P. Klimm, Zw. Epigonentum und Realismus, doctoral thesis, Vienna 1974; NDB.
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