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 The grave of Otto Bierbaum at the Waldfriedhof in Munich. Picture by Androom (23 Aug 2010) |
Bierbaum, Otto Julius |
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BORN 28 Jun 1865, Grünberg, Niederschlesien (now: Zielona Góra) - DIED 1 Feb 1910, Kötzschenbroda, Sachsen GRAVE LOCATION München, Bayern: Waldfriedhof (43-W-22) |
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Otto Bierbaum studied in Leipzig. He worked as a journalist and
became the editor of several journals, among them "Pan" and
"Die Insel". He wrote novels, poems and plays. His novel "Stilpe"
(1897) was the inspiration for Ernst von Wolzogen's cabaret
"Überbrettl". He was close to the secessionist painters in Munich and he wrote books about Böcklin and Stuck. Between 1891 and 1894 he published the "Moderne Musenalmanak". Related persons • wrote about Böcklin, Arnold • wrote about Stuck, Franz von Sources • Winkler Prins Encyclopedie (editie 1909), 1909 • Scheibmayr, Erich, Wer? Wann? Wo?, Persönlichkeiten in Münchner Friedhöfen, Verlag Erich Scheibmayr, München, 1989 |
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The grave of Otto Bierbaum at the Waldfriedhof in Munich. Picture by Androom (23 Aug 2010) |
