Moritz Jursitzky (27 January 1861 in Andělská Hora – 28 August 1936 in Vienna) was an

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writer.

Life

Born as a son of a weaver master craftsman, Moritz Jursitzky worked as well as a weaver for a long time. Only late in his life it was possible to earn a living with his writing. Starting with 1909 he was supported by the "German Schiller foundation" (deutsche Schillerstiftung).

List of publications

Novels: * "Die Förster-Zilli": The forester Zilli - artistnovel from the World War I prewartime * "Um Recht und Ehre": About right an honour * "Auf steiler Dornenbahn" : On steep thorn alley * "Serenissimus als Bürger" : Serenissimus as citizen * "Das hungernde Wien" : The starving vienna * "Der Parnass" : The Parnass Silesian poems: * "Hoch'naus!": burlesque written in Silesian German dialect

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External links

Family history, with abstracts of his work
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jursitzky, Moritz 1861 births 1936 deaths People from Bruntál District Austrian male writers People from Austrian Silesia Writers from Austria-Hungary