!!!Ficker, Ludwig von

b. Munich (Germany), April 13, 1880, 
d. Innsbruck (Tyrol), March 20, 1967, author, publisher, essayist; son 
of Julius von  Ficker, brother of Heinrich von  Ficker and Rudolf von  
Ficker. In 1910 founded the initially expressionistic cultural 
magazine "Der  Brenner", which K. Kraus called "the only honest 
magazine in Austria and Germany". Promoted and published the work of 
his friend G.  Trakl, and was also closely connected with L.  
Wittgenstein and R. M.  Rilke. Awarded the Grand Austrian State Prize 
in 1959 and the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art in 1966.

!Works
Studien ueber K. Kraus, 1913; Denkzettel und Danksagungen. 
Reden und Aufsaetze, ed. by F. Seyr, 1967; Briefwechsel 1909-1914, 4 
vols., 1986-1996.



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