!!!Ertl, Emil

b. Vienna, March 11, 1860, 
d. Vienna, May 8, 1935, author and librarian. 1886-1927 library 
official in Graz. Considered one of the most important writers of 
Austrian regional and historical novels, along with P.  Rosegger, 
whose biography ("P. Rosegger. Wie ich ihn kannte und liebte") he 
published in 1923. In his 4-volume novel series "Ein Volk an der 
Arbeit. 100 Jahre Deutsch-Oesterreich im Roman" (1906-1926), he 
describes the social development of Austria and the Austrian 
bourgeoisie between 1809 and 1918, using the story of a Viennese 
family of silk weavers as a basis.

!Further works
Liebesmaerchen, 1886; Der Neuhaeuselhof, 1913; 
Karthago, 1924; Meisternovellen, 1930; Menschenschicksale, 1948. - 
Gedichte, 1935. - Autobiographical works: Geschichten aus meiner 
Jugend, 1927; Lebensfruehling 1932.

!Literature
E. Ladich, Die Auffassung der Geschichte Oesterreichs in 
den Romanen E. E., doctoral thesis, Vienna 1949.



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