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Müller, RobertMüller, Robert, b. Vienna, Oct. 29, 1887, d. Vienna, Aug. 28, 1924 (suicide), narrative writer, poet, essayist and publisher. Key figure in the expressionist movement in Vienna, famous also for his feud with K. Kraus (pamphlet "Karl Kraus oder Dalai Lama", 1914). In World War I volunteered for service at the Isonzo front, then worked for the war press service. After the war became a committed pacifist and publisher (publishing houses: Literaria A. G. and Atlantischer Verlag). Committed suicide after his large scale-publishing projects failed financially. Works: Prose and novels: Irmelin Rose. Die Mythe der großen Stadt, 1914; Tropen. Der Mythos der Reise, 1915; Das Inselmädchen, 1919; Der Barbar, 1920; Camera obscura, 1921; Flibustier, 1922. - Essays: Ö. und der Mensch, 1916; Europa. Wege. Im Kampf um den Typus, 1917. - Edition: Werkausgabe in Einzelbänden, ed. by G. Helmes, 11 vols., 1992-1997. Literature: H. Kreuzer and G. Helmes (eds.), Exotismus. Studien zum literar. Werk R. M., 21989; T. Köster, Bilderschrift Großstadt. Studien zum Werk R. M., 1995; S. Dietrich, Poetik der Paradoxie. Zu R. M. fiktionaler Prosa, 1997.
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