Gustav Meyrink

Gustav Meyrink

January 19, 1868 – December 04, 1932
Countries: Austria
Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)
Place of Death: Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany

Gustav Meyrink (January 19, 1868 – December 4, 1932) was the pseudonym of Gustav Meyer, an Austrian author, novelist, dramatist, translator, and banker, most famous for his novel The Golem. He has been described as the "most respected German language writer in the field of supernatural fiction".