!!!Blei, Franz Pseudonym Medardus, Dr. Peregrinus Steinhövel

b. Vienna, Jan. 18, 1871, 
d. Westbury (USA), July 10, 1942; narrative writer, dramatist, 
essayist, editor of literary magazines, numerous translations from 
French (Stendhal, C. Baudelaire, P. Claudel, A. Gide), lived in 
Munich, Vienna and Berlin, in 1931 went to Mallorca and then to the 
USA. Known as a discoverer and patron of great authors such as F.  
Kafka, R.  Musil and H.  Broch, famous for his essays, especially for 
his satirical portraits of writers.

!Works
essays: Bestiarium literaricum, 1920 (enlarged edition with the 
title "Das grosse Bestiarium der modernen Literatur", 1922); Geist des 
Rokoko, 1923; Glanz und Elend beruehmter Frauen, 1927; Maenner und 
Masken, 1930; Zeitgenoessische Bildnisse, 1940. - Editions: Vermischte 
Schriften, 6 vols., 1911-1912; Schriften in Auswahl, epilogue by 
A. P. Guetersloh, 1962; Portraets, published by A. Gabrisch, 
1986; F. B.-A. Gide, Briefwechsel (1904-1933), ed. by R. 
Theis, 1997.

!Literature
D. Harth (ed.), F. B., Mittler der Literaturen, 1997.



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