!!!Beer-Hofmann, Richard

b. Vienna, July 11, 1866, 
d. New York (USA), Sept. 26, 1945, novelist, dramatist, poet, grew up 
in Bruenn (Brno), studied law in Vienna, worked for M.  Reinhardt as a 
director 1924-1932. 1938 emigrated to Switzerland and then to the USA. 
A friend of A.  Schnitzler, H. von  Hofmannsthal and H.  Bahr. He 
employed highly ornamental and rhythmic language (Art Nouveau). His 
narrative "Georg´s Death" ("Der Tod Georgs", 1900) is an early 
example of the inner monologue. 1946 founded the B. H. Society in 
New York.

!Works
Novellen, 1923. - Dramas: Der Graf von Charolais, 1905; 
unfinished trilogy "Die Historie von Koenig David" (Jaákobs 
Traum, 1918; Der junge David, 1933; Das Vorspiel auf dem Theater zu 
Koenig David, 1936, unfinished). - Poetry: Schlaflied fuer Mirjam, 
1919; Verse, 1941. - Editions: Gesammelte Werke, 1963; Grosse 
R.-B.-H.-Ausgabe, ed. by. M. M. Schardt, 1993ff.

!Literature
E. N. Elstun, R. B.-H. - His Life and Work, 
1983; R. Hank, Mortifikation und Beschwoerung, 1984; R. B.-H. - 
A. Schnitzler. Briefwechsel 1891-1931, ed. by K. Fliedl, 1992; S. 
Scherer, R. B.-H. und die Wr. Moderne, 1993; D. Borchmeyer, 
R. B.-H. - "Zwischen Aesthetizismus und Judentum", 1996; S. 
Eberhardt (ed.), Ueber R. B.-H., 1996.



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