Gerhard Fritsch (28 March 1924 – 22 March 1969) was an

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novelist and poet.''Modern Austrian Literature Through the Lens of Adaptation''
/ref> He won great success for his first novel '' Moos auf den Steinen'' (''Moss on the Stones''). This was later adapted into a film. Fritsch's second novel, 'Fasching' (Carnival) was published in 1969, the year in which Fritsch committed suicide.

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Further Reading * Augustinus P. Dierick: “Politics, the Elegiac, and the Carnivalesque: Gerhard Fritsch’s Moos auf den Steinen and Fasching.” Seminar, 38:1 (February 2002). 1924 births 1969 deaths 20th-century Austrian novelists 20th-century Austrian poets Austrian male poets German-language poets Austrian male novelists 20th-century Austrian male writers Austrian military personnel of World War II Luftwaffe personnel of World War II German prisoners of war in World War II held by the Soviet Union Deaths by hanging Deaths from asphyxiation {{Austria-writer-stub