Renker, Gustav#
Renker, Gustav, b. Vienna, Oct. 12, 1889, d. Langnau (Switzerland), July 23, 1967, novelist, musician and composer. Studied music and music history in Vienna (PhD), after World War I musical director in Vienna, Graz and Nuremberg, 1931-1945 editor of the "Emmentaler-Blatt" in Langnau. Author of novels set mostly in the Alpine regions of Austria and can be classed as anti-modern provincial literature of the period between World War I and World War II.
Works#
novels: Einsame vom Berge, 1918; Heilige Berge, 1921; Bauernnot, 1922; Das Volk ohne Heimat, 1925; Der sterbende Hof, 1928; Die Stadt der Jugend, 1929; Das verlorene Tal, 1931; Symphonie und Jazz, 1931; Das Tier im Sumpf, 1932; Dichter um Heinrich Mark, 1935; Das Dorf ohne Bauer, 1938; Die Frau im Eis, 1938; Schicksal in der Nordwand, 1938; Der Herr der wilden Reiter, 1939; Schicksal am Piz Orsalia, 1945. - Narratives.