!!!Salus, Hugo

Salus, Hugo, b. Česka Lípa, Czech Republic (then Boehmisch-Leipa), Aug. 3, 1866, 
d. Prague (Czech Republic), Feb. 4, 1929, writer of poetry and 
novellas. Jewish author with German Nationalist tendencies; from 1895 
worked in Prague as a gynaecologist, together with the poet F. Adler 
(1857-1938) dominated the German-speaking literary scene in Prague 
around the turn of the century. His poetic works written in a 
neo-Romantic style ("Ehefruehling", 1900; "Reigen", 1900; "Ernte", 
1903) were quite successful. Also wrote articles in art nouveau 
magazines. 1901 A.  Schoenberg put two of his poems to music.

!Literature
K. Kraus, Arzt und Kuenstler, in: Die Fackel, 
Nr. 393/94, 1914; L. Tinkl, Neuromant. Elemente bei H. S. 
und F. Herold, doctoral thesis, Vienna, 1949; OeBL.



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