!!!Thom, Andreas eigentlich Rudolf Csmarich

b. Vienna, May 11, 1884, 
d. Mooskirchen (Styria), June 25, 1943, expressionist; narrative 
writer. 1903-1934 primary school teacher in Vienna, belonged to the 
circle around A. P.  Guetersloh and A.  Faistauer, was a friend 
of E.  Schiele and F.  Bruckner. With the "Baal" figure in his novel 
"Ambros Maria Baal" (1918) created the prototype of the decadent and 
negative hero; influenced B. Brecht. His novel cycle "Der 
oesterreichische Mensch" ("Vorlenz, der Urlauber auf Lebenszeit", 
1930; "Noch spielt ein Kind", 1934; "Das Sylvesterkind", 1936; "Die 
ungleichen Geliebten", 1938) is written in the style of neorealism and 
contains aspects of social criticism.

!Literature
G. Linsbauer, A. T., Ein Wiener Dichter, doctoral 
thesis, Vienna 1948.



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