Hugo von Hofmannsthal

Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist (1874–1929)

  • Fame58.5
  • Momentum0.0
  • Austria rank#174
Source-basedStable
  • Fame58.5
  • Momentum0.0
  • Austria rank#174
  • Wikipedia13K
Lived 1874–1929, aged 55Austria
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  • Wikipedia
    48 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Rank in Austria
    #174
    Writers
  • Era
    1874–1929
    Aged 55
  • Biggest hit
    Kapitel 1.1 - Jedermann
Summary
Updated 2026-07-17

An Austrian writer who moved across forms — novels, libretti, poems, plays, essays — shaping turn-of-the-century Vienna's literary life with a restless hand.

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Hugo Laurenz August Hofmann von Hofmannsthal was born 1 February 1874. He worked as a novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist, narrator, and essayist, operating at the center of Austrian letters during a period when the empire's cultural capital was in flux. The range was the point: he didn't settle into one genre but carried his sensibility across all of them. He died 15 July 1929, leaving behind a body of work that defied easy category.

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Source confidence70.0
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