author
Melchior Meyr
1810–1871
A 19th-century German poet, novelist, and philosopher, he is best remembered for stories that brought the rural life of Bavaria’s Ries region vividly onto the page. His work blends sharp observation with sympathy for ordinary people.
2 Audiobooks
Novellen: Die zweite Liebhaberin; Verlust und Gewinn
by Melchior Meyr
Erzählungen aus dem Ries
by Melchior Meyr
About the author
Born in Ehringen near Wallerstein on June 28, 1810, Melchior Meyr grew up in Bavaria and went on to study law and philosophy at Heidelberg and Munich. He became known as a poet, novelist, and philosophical writer, building a career in literature while remaining closely connected to the world of southern Germany.
Meyr’s best-known work is Erzählungen aus dem Ries (Stories from the Ries), which was praised for its lively, humane picture of peasant life and local character. He also wrote dramas and philosophical works, but it is these village stories, rooted in the landscape and people of his native region, that have kept his name alive.
He died in Munich on April 22, 1871. Today, Meyr is remembered as a distinctive voice in 19th-century German literature: a writer who paid serious attention to everyday lives and turned regional experience into lasting fiction.