Kloepfer, Hans#
Kloepfer, Hans, b. Eibiswald (Styria), Aug. 18, 1867, d. Koeflach (Styria), June 27, 1944, popular Styrian writer of dialect poetry, narrative writer and poet, expert in local history, factory physician. Supported German Nationalist ideas. 1939 Mozart Prize; 1942 Raimund Prize.
Edition: Werke, ed. by W. Danhofer, 3 vols., 1967.
Literature#
E. Macheiner, Der steirische Mundartdichter H. K., master´s thesis, Vienna 1985; OeBL.