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Title: Der Tod auf dem Schlachtfeld : Eine epische Dichtung
Description: Wien, Ignaz Brand, 1910. orig. wrappers. 23x15cm, 36 pages.. Some wear. Some stains & soil to cover. Good. ¶ Poetry by an Austrian socialist. ["Organizationally active as a social democrat since 1880, Eduard Rieger began to work as a writer and editor for various party magazines in Liberec in Northern Bohemia, Brno in Moravia and in Vienna. In 1889 and 1891 he was a delegate at international socialist congresses and was arrested and convicted several times for political offenses. Rieger was a member of the Reichsrat from 1897 to 1918;in October 1918, after the end of Austria-Hungary, he was a member of the Provisional National Assembly in Vienna, in March 1919 of the Austrian Constituent National Assembly and was a member of the National Council from 1920 to 1934. Rieger, who was arrested several times at the beginning of his career as a writer and journalist, as a member of the National Council, campaigned not only for social policy issues - including comprehensive education for employees - but also for freedom of the press. He wrote plays and poems, mainly from working class life, as well as folk art treatises" - translation from wikipedia].

Keywords: Austria, Socialist Party, Socialism, Poetry, Literary History, Literature, , ,

Price: US$ 35.00 Seller: Expatriate Bookshop of Denmark
- Book number: BOOKS026929I