Peter Altenberg [SEP] place of death
Peter Altenberg
Peter Altenberg (9 March 1859 – 8 January 1919) was a writer and poet from Vienna, Austria. He was key to the genesis of early modernism in the city.
Biography.
He was born Richard Engländer on 9 March 1859 in Vienna. The nom de plume, "Altenberg", came from a small town on the Danube river. Allegedly, he chose the "Peter" to honor a young girl whom he remembered as an unrequited love (it had been her nickname).
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People.
Any place called Altenberg may have given rise to Altenberg as a family name, such as:
- Jakob Altenberg (1875-1944), Austrian businessman
- Peter Altenberg (1859-1919), Austrian writer and poet
- Altenberg Publishing (1880-1934), a family business in Poland
See also.
- Altenberg Lieder, Five Orchestral Songs by Alban Berg
- Altenburg (disambiguation)