!!!Herzmanovsky-Orlando, Fritz von

b. Vienna, April 30, 1877, 
d. Rametz Palace (South Tyrol), May 27, 1954, narrative writer, 
dramatist and artist. Studied architecture in Vienna; from 1903 until 
the end of his life friendship with A.  Kubin, influenced by the 
anti-rationalist and mystical thoughts of Kubin and his friends. 1916 
moved to Merano, where in 1917 wrote the bizarre grotesque Biedermeier 
novel "Der Gaulschreck im Rosennetz" (1928 published with 
illustrations by H. himself) as the first volume of a "Europe" 
trilogy, the second and third volumes of the trilogy (1989, "Das 
Maskenspiel der Genien" and 1984 "Rout am fliegenden Hollaender") were 
published posthumously. Became famous only after his "Gesammelte Werke 
" in 4 volumes were revised and edited by F.  Torberg 1957-1963 .

!Further works
plays: Ks. Joseph und die Bahnwaerterstochter, 1957; 
Apoll von Nichts oder Exzellenzen ausstopfen - ein Unfug. - Novellas: 
Der Kommandant von Kalymnos, 1926; Im Garten der Erkenntnis. Skizzen 
und Fragmente, 1988. - Edition: Saemtl. Werke, ed. by W. Methlagl 
and W. Schmidt-Dengler, 10 vols., 1983-1992.

!Literature
A. Wallner, Allotria in Artibus: Antike und Mythologie bei 
F. v. H.-O., doctoral thesis, Vienna 1990; NDB.



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