author
Robert Hamerling
1830–1889
Best known for sweeping narrative poems and richly imagined verse, this Austrian writer turned classical themes into vivid, dramatic reading. His work earned wide attention in the German-speaking world during the late nineteenth century.
2 Audiobooks
Aspasia
by Robert Hamerling
Aspasia : A romance of art and love in ancient Hellas
by Robert Hamerling
About the author
Born in Kirchberg am Walde in Lower Austria on March 24, 1830, Robert Hamerling grew up in modest circumstances and showed literary talent early. With support from patrons, he was able to study in Vienna, and he later worked as a teacher in Trieste.
Hamerling became known as a poet and writer whose reputation rested especially on his longer poems and epics. Reference works such as Encyclopaedia Britannica remember him chiefly for these ambitious works, including Ahasuerus in Rom and Der König von Sion, which helped make him a notable literary figure in nineteenth-century Austria.
He died on July 13, 1889, near Graz. Today he is remembered as an Austrian poet of strong imagination and high artistic ambition, with a place in the literary culture of his era.