Richard von Schaukal poet from Austria was born on May 27, 1874, had 68 years and died on October 10, 1942. Poems were written mainly in German language. Dominant movement is other.
Biography
Richard Schaukal, writer, translator, literary critic, studied law. From 1903 on the executive committee of the ministerial council in Vienna, then head of a division and head of the executive committee in the Ministry of Labour, took early retirement in 1918 and worked as a free-lance writer. His poetic works were influenced by French symbolism, the neo-Romantic and by Heinrich Heine and show a traditional understanding of art; emotiona-laden, melancholic poems and prose marked by cultural pessimism. ..
