Hugo Hofmannsthal

Hugo Hofmannsthal

February 01, 1874 – July 15, 1929
Place of Birth: Landstraße, Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Place of Death: Rodaun, Liesing, Austria

Hugo Laurenz August Hofmann von Hofmannsthal (ˈhuːɡo fɔn ˈhoːfmanstaːl; 1 February 1874 – 15 July 1929) was an Austrian prodigy, a novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist, narrator, and essayist.