!!!Stoessl, Otto Stoessl, Otto, b. Vienna, May 2, 1875, d. Vienna, d. Sept. 15, 1936, writer, theatre and literary critic, civil servant, from 1923 lived in retirement and worked as independent writer. Initially wrote theatre plays influenced by naturalism together with Robert Scheu ("Waare", 1897; "Tote Goetter", 1898); 1906-1911 wrote articles for the literary and political review "Fackel, Die", subsequently dedicated most of his time to novel writing. In his extensive dynastic novel "Das Haus Erath" (1920) he describes the decline of the bourgeoisie in old Austria. !Further works poems, novels, stories, essays. !Literature C. Fritsch; Der Kritiker O. S., doctoral thesis, Vienna 1985. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Stoessl,_Otto|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]