Anton von Perfall

Born on December 11, 1853, in Landsberg am Lech, Anton von Perfall came from an old Bavarian noble family. He attended school in Augsburg and Munich, then studied philosophy and natural sciences in Munich from 1872 to 1877 without taking a degree.

He married the actress Magda Irschick in 1877 and traveled with her on tours through Europe and America. In 1883 the couple settled in a country house at Schliersee, where he pursued his love of hunting and moved in a circle of artists, actors, musicians, and hunting companions.

Perfall began publishing as a writer in the late 1880s. His body of work includes around twenty novels and dramas, but he was especially known for widely read hunting tales and sketches drawn from his own experiences. He died on November 3, 1912, in Schliersee.