Ferdinand Kürnberger Ferdinand Kürnberger (3 July 1821,

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– 14 October 1879,

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) was an Austrian writer. He was one of the most influential writers of Viennese literature in the 1860s and 1870s. He is now known mainly for his participation in the

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, which would oblige him to flee to

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, Germany where he was arrested the following year.

Works

* ''Geglaubt und vergessen'' (1836) * ''Der Amerika-Müde, amerikanisches Kulturbild'' (1855) * ''Ausgewählte Novellen'' (1858) * ''Literarische Herzenssachen. Reflexionen und Kritiken'' (1877) * ''Das Schloß der Frevel'' (1903)

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