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Peter Altenberg
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Key facts
- Born
- Richard Engländer , ( 1859-03-09 ) 9 March 1859, Vienna , Austrian Empire
- Died
- 19 January 1919 (1919-01-19) (aged 59), Vienna, Republic of German-Austria
- Occupation
- Writer
- Literary movement
- Modernism
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Peter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Austria
- Place of birth
- Vienna
- Place of death
- Vienna
- Educated at
- Akademisches Gymnasium
- Languages spoken
- German
- Native language
- German
- Religion
- Judaism
- Image
- Scolik - Peter Altenberg.jpg
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- place of burial
- Vienna Central Cemetery
- Commons category
- Peter Altenberg
- date of birth
- 1859-03-09
- date of death
- 1919-01-06
- birth name
- Richard Engländer
- archives at
- Leo Baeck Institute
- writing language
- German
- name in native language
- Peter Altenberg
- start of work period
- 1896-01-01
- end of work period
- 1919-01-01
- Commons Creator page
- Peter Altenberg
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Works in European collections
14 objects attributed to Peter Altenberg, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Peter Altenberg (9 March 1859 – 8 January 1919) was a writer and poet from Vienna, Austria. He played a key role in the genesis of early modernism in the city.
Biography
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