!!!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.



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