Sacher, Friedrich auch Fritz Silvanus#

b. Wieselburg (Lower Austria), Sept. 10, 1899, d. Vienna, Nov. 22, 1982, poet, narrative writer, essayist. Initially a secondary school teacher in Klosterneuburg, from 1934 free-lance writer. Wrote poetry in the tradition of Rilke, Christian conservative attitudes, in the 1930s adapted a nationalist stance. Editor of numerous anthologies of poetry 1930-1935. Was the central figure of the group of poets called "Die Gruppe".

Editions: Gesammelte Schriften, 3 vols., 1932-1934; Leben, das dank ich dir, ed. by H. Schwarzbauer, 1979; Ausgewaehlte Werke, (selected works) 3 vols., 1988.

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