August Silberstein

August Karl Silberstein (July 1 1827 – March 7 1900) was an Austrian writer, born in Ofen, Budapest (Hungary) who was educated at the University of Vienna and supported the 1848 revolts in Austria-Hungary with his articles in the German satire periodical "Leuchtkugeln", [ [http://www.haraldfischerverlag.de/hfv/SZ/leuchtkugeln_engl.htm "Leuchtkugeln" from www.haraldfischerverlag.de] ] which was banned in the middle of 1851, and forced to leave his home for this reason. Upon Silberstein's return in 1854 he was sentenced to jail for five years, but was pardoned after one.

Impassioned by the country life, he wrote stories of life in villages idealizing the countryside and published popular collections of tales. ["Dorfschwalben aus Österreich", 2 vols., 1862/1863] He was thus called the "Austrian Auerbach". His poems had influence in his lifetime, in particular upon the Austrian poet Peter Rosegger, to whom he was to some extent a mentor. These poems were sometimes put to music by composers such as Strauss ("Wen du ein herzig Liebchen hast" of 1879) or Anton Bruckner ("Germanenzug" of 1864 and "Helgoland" of 1893).

Works

*"Dorfschwalben aus Österreich" (1862-1863)
*"Hercules Schwach" (1864)
*"Land u. Leute im Nasswald" (1868)
*"Glänzende Bahnen" (1874)
*"Die Alpenrose von Ischl" (1875)
*"Deutsche Hochlandsgeschichten" (1877)
*"Büchlein Klinginsland" (1878)
*"Denksäulen im Gebiet der Kultur und Litteratur" (1878)
*"Die Rosenzauberin" (1884)
*"Hauschronik im Blumen— u. Dichter-Schmuck" (1884)
*"Frau Sorge" (1886)
*"Landläufige Geschichten" (1886)
*"Dorfmusik" (1892)

ee also

*Revolutions of 1848
*Ferdinand Freiligrath
*Ludwig Kalisch
*Gottfried Kinkel

References

* [http://aeiou.iicm.tugraz.at/aeiou.encyclop.s/s580602.htm August Karl Silberstein at the Encyclopedia of Austria]
* [http://portrait.kaar.at/Oesterreich%20Kultur%2019.Jhd%20Teil%206/image34.html Portrait, at portrait.kaar.at]
* [http://www.stadtbibliothek.wien.at/handschriften/nachlass-verzeichnis/s/silberstein-august-de.htm stadtbibliothek.wien.at]
*"Leuchtkugeln", München/Quedlinburg 1847-1851, ISBN 3891312830

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