!!!Fischer, Wilhelm auch W. Fischer in Graz, geb. 1846

Fischer, Wilhelm (also: W. Fischer) in Graz, b. Čakovec, Croatia (then Csakathurn), April 18, 1846, 
d. Graz (Styria), May 30, 1932, regional writer, "poet of Graz" 
(Grazer Stadtpoet), 1901-1919 director of the provincial library of 
Styria, chairman of the Styrian association of authors. Close 
emotional involvement with Styria and the people of Styria. His 
entwicklungsroman "Die Freude am Licht" (1902, %%sup 24/%1925) enjoyed 
great popularity.

!Further Works
Verse epic: Atlantis, 1880. - Tales: Grazer Novellen, 
1898; Murwellen, 1910. - Essays: Poetenphilosophie, 1904. - Aphorisms: 
Sonne und Wolke, 1907. - Dramas, poems.

!Literature
A. Seiberl, W. F. in Graz, doctoral thesis, Vienna 
1938 (list of works); H. Schueller, Die Erzaehlungen von W. F., 
doctoral thesis, Vienna 1938.



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