author
Victor von Andrejanoff
1857–1895
A Baltic German writer with a taste for folklore, ghostly tales, and literary translation, he brought Latvian songs and legends into German while also publishing fiction under the pen name Livonius. His work sits at the meeting point of myth, regional culture, and late-19th-century storytelling.
1 Audiobook
Lättiläisiä satuja
by Victor von Andrejanoff
About the author
Born on July 22, 1857, in Koslow and dead on December 1, 1895, in Berlin, Victor von Andrejanoff was a German-Baltic writer. He also published under the pseudonym Livonius.
He is best remembered for collecting, adapting, and translating Latvian material for German readers. Works associated with him include Lettische Volkslieder und Mythen, Lettische Märchen, and Lättiläisiä satuja; surviving library and public-domain records show that his writing helped carry Baltic folk traditions beyond their original language communities.
Alongside folklore, his name is linked to shorter imaginative pieces, including supernatural fiction such as Der Vampir. Although he died young, his small body of work has lasted through reprints, digitized editions, and audiobook or public-domain collections, which suggests a quiet but lasting afterlife for his stories.