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Rudolf Haas
1877–1943
A Czech-born Austrian novelist and jurist, he drew heavily on the history and landscape of his Bohemian homeland. After leaving a career in the railway administration, he devoted himself fully to writing fiction and essays.
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Der Volksbeglücker
by Rudolf Haas
About the author
Born in Mies, Bohemia, on June 28, 1877, he studied law at the German University in Prague and earned a doctorate before entering the railway administration. He later settled in Villach, where he spent much of his adult life and, after retiring from public service in the 1920s, worked as a full-time writer.
His novels, stories, and essays often looked to the Egerland region and the broader history of Bohemia for material. Biographical reference works describe him as an Austrian or Sudeten German writer as well as a jurist, reflecting both his professional training and the cultural world his books came from.
He died in Villach on August 25, 1943. Some modern reference sources also note his proximity to National Socialist ideology, a point that is part of how his literary career is now historically described.