Gustav Meyrink (January 19, 1868 – December 4, 1932) was the Pseudonym of Gustav Meyer, an Austrian author, storyteller, dramatist, translator, banker and Buddhist, most famous for his novel The Golem.
Gustav Meyrink was born with the name of Gustav Meyer in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria) on January 19, 1868. He was the illegitimate son of Baron Karl von Varnbüler von und zu Hemmingen and actress Maria Wilhelmina Adelheyd Meier. Meyrink's ...
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Gustav Meyrink (January 19, 1868 – December 4, 1932) was the Pseudonym of Gustav Meyer, an Austrian author, storyteller, dramatist, translator, banker and Buddhist, most famous for his novel The Golem.
Gustav Meyrink was born with the name of Gustav Meyer in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria) on January 19, 1868. He was the illegitimate son of Baron Karl von Varnbüler von und zu Hemmingen and actress Maria Wilhelmina Adelheyd Meier. Meyrink's role in Czech literature is similar to that of Poe in American literature.
Until thirteen years of age Meyrink lived in Munich, where he completed elementary school. He then stayed in Hamburg for a short time. Then his mother moved to Prague in 1883.
Meyrink lived in Prague for twenty years and has depicted it many times in his works.
In Prague an event occurred which played a providential role in Meyrink's life. Meyrink described it in the autobiographical short story "The Pilot". That day, August 14, 1892, on Assumption Eve, Meyrink, 24...
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