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Langer, Anton
© Copyright Anton Langer, engraving Langer, Anton, b. Vienna, Jan. 12, 1824, d. Vienna, Dec. 7, 1879, novelist, lyric poet, journalist, translator and dramatist. Wrote over 120 popular plays and many well-known novels "Dämon Brandwein", 1863). Founded the "Arena-Theater" in the Hernals district of Vienna, wrote the revolutionary song "Barrikadenlied" (1948); 1850-1879 edited the satirical and popular weekly paper "Constitutioneller Hans-Jörgel"; wrote over 100 novels, over 120 plays, translated about 150 French novels. Further works: Der letzte Fiaker, 3 vols., 1855; Die Carbonari in Vienna, 2 vols., 1857; Wiener Volksbühne, 4 vols., 1859-1864; Der letzte Babenberger, 4 vols., 1863; Kaiserssohn und Baderstochter, 1871. Literature: K. Jagersberger, Der Volksdicher A. L., doctoral thesis, Vienna 1948; ÖBL; NDB.
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