Jakob Herzog | |
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Born | Mißlitz, Moravia, Austrian Empire | 17 June 1842
Died | 10 April 1915 72) Vienna, Austria-Hungary | (aged
Occupation | Writer, journalist, dramatist |
Language | German |
Jakob Herzog (17 June 1842 – 10 April 1915) was an Austrian writer, journalist and dramatist.
Jakob Herzog was born into a Jewish family in Mißlitz, Moravia (today Miroslav, Czech Republic), on 17 June 1842. He studied chemistry, economics, and literary history in Brno, Vienna, and Graz. [1]
At the age of seventeen, Herzog began contributing to Ignaz Kuranda's Ostdeutsche Post. From 1870 until his death, [1] he served as editor of the Vienna Montags-Revue, a publication he co-founded with Michael Klapp. Among his notable plays are Der Fischer von Helgoland, which premiered at the German theatre in Prague in 1888; Die Rose, first performed at the Burgtheater in Vienna in 1891, later appearing in Prague, Hamburg, Olmütz, and other venues; Kaufmann aus Tyrol, presented in 1893 and in Salzburg in 1894; and Prinz von Asturien, performed in 1893 in both Prague and Hamburg.
Herzog also served as the secretary of the Jewish community of Vienna for nearly two years.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Singer, Isidore; Haneman, Frederick T. (1904). "Herzog, Jakob". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia . Vol. 6. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 371.