Anton Schlossar (27 June 1849 – 1 August 1942) was an Austrian librarian and writer, in particular writing about the Austrian state of

Styria Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to ...

Life

Schlossar was born in Troppau in

Austrian Silesia Austrian Silesia, (historically also ''Oesterreichisch-Schlesien, Oesterreichisch Schlesien, österreichisch Schlesien''); cs, Rakouské Slezsko; pl, Śląsk Austriacki officially the Duchy of Upper and Lower Silesia, (historically ''Herzogth ...

(now

Opava Opava (; german: Troppau, pl, Opawa) is a city in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 55,000 inhabitants. It lies on the river Opava (river), Opava. Opava is one of the historical centres of Silesia. It was a histori ...

in the Czech Republic), son of a tax official. The family moved to Kronstadt (now

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in Romania) where he was educated, and in 1867 to

Graz Graz (; sl, Gradec) is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna. As of 1 January 2021, it had a population of 331,562 (294,236 of whom had principal-residence status). In 2018, the popul ...

, where he studied law, receiving a law degree in 1873. From 1871 he was in court service in Graz,

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and

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''Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon''. Retrieved 22 January 2023.University of Graz

''Literatur- und Theatersoziologie''. Retrieved 24 January 2023. He did not like working in court, and in 1875 he became an

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, or secretary, at the

University of Graz Library The University of Graz Library (german: Universitätsbibliothek Graz), in Graz, Austria is the largest scientific and public library in Styria and the third largest in Austria. It holds the right of legal deposit. It is part of the University of G ...

. From 1881 he was a

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, and from 1904 to 1910 he was a director of the library.

Literary works

Schlossar was interested in the culture and history of

, and was particularly interested in Styria at the time of

Archduke John of Austria Archduke John of Austria (german: Erzherzog Johann Baptist Joseph Fabian Sebastian von Österreich; 20 January 1782 – 11 May 1859), a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, was an Austrian field marshal and imperial regent (''Reichsverwese ...

(1782–1859). Works include ''Erzherzog Johann von Oesterreich und sein Einfluß auf das Culturleben der Steiermark'' ("Archduke John and his influence of the cultural life of Styria") (1878), for which he received the ''Goldene Medaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft'', and ''Oesterreichische Cultur- und Literaturbilder mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Steiermark.'' ("Sketches of Austrian culture and life, with particular regard to Styria") (1879). He travelled in the area to collect folk songs, preserving the local dialect of the songs in his publications, though less interested in the melodies. He contributed to magazines such as ''

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'' in Stuttgart and ''Bühne und Welt'' in Berlin.

References

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