24 Facts About Franz Grillparzer

Franz Grillparzer's plays were and are frequently performed at the Burgtheater in Vienna.

Franz Grillparzer wrote the oration for Ludwig van Beethoven's funeral, as well as the epitaph for his friend Franz Schubert.

Franz Grillparzer, whose fortunes were ruined by Napoleon's invasion, was a severe pedant and a staunch upholder of the liberal traditions of the reign of Joseph II.

Franz Grillparzer's mother, Anna Franziska, was a nervous, highly-strung woman, daughter of Christoph Sonnleithner, sister to Joseph and Ignaz, aunt to Leopold.

Franz Grillparzer's father wished him to become a lawyer, and he entered the University of Vienna in 1807 as a student of jurisprudence.

Franz Grillparzer had little capacity for an official career and regarded his position merely as a means of independence.

Franz Grillparzer devoted especial attention to the Spanish drama, and many of his works show the influence of Pedro Calderon de la Barca.

Franz Grillparzer could seem cold and distant to strangers, but in conversation with people he liked, his real disposition revealed itself; his manner became animated, his eyes brightened, and a sarcastic but not ill-natured smile would play upon his lips.

Franz Grillparzer often said that the art of writing poetry can neither be taught nor learned, but he held that inspiration will not visit a poet who neglects to make himself master of his subject.

Franz Grillparzer was exceedingly fond of travel, and at different times visited all the leading European countries.

Laube staged productions of Franz Grillparzer's forgotten works, and their success was immediate and profound.

Franz Grillparzer was buried in 1872 with an amount of ceremony that surpassed even the pomp displayed at the funeral of poet Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock in 1803.

Franz Grillparzer was originally buried in the Wahringer Cemetery in Vienna, now known as Schubertpark.

From 1807 to 1809, Franz Grillparzer wrote a long tragedy in iambics, Blanca von Castilien, modeled on Schiller's Don Carlos.

Franz Grillparzer produced the dramatic fragments Spartacus and Alfred der Grosse.

Franz Grillparzer followed this gothic drama with Sappho, a drama of a very different type.

Similar to Goethe's Torquato Tasso, Franz Grillparzer dramatized the tragedy of poetic genius, showing how a poet must renounce earthly happiness to fulfill a higher mission.

Franz Grillparzer's conceptions are not so clearly defined as Goethe's, nor is his diction so varied and harmonious; but the play has the stamp of genius, and ranks as one of the best works that attempt to combine the passion and sentiment of modern life with the simplicity and grace of ancient masterpieces.

In 1821, Franz Grillparzer completed his The Golden Fleece trilogy, a project that had been interrupted in 1819 when his depressed mother committed suicide, and by Franz Grillparzer's subsequent visit to Italy.

Still, during this time, Franz Grillparzer completed two of his greatest dramas, Waves of the Sea and of Love and The Dream, a Life.

The work again is formed on classic models, but in this instance his feeling is so distinctly modern that it does not find adequate expression in Franz Grillparzer's carefully measured verse.

In 1838 Franz Grillparzer produced his only comedy, Woe to him who lies.

In 1836, Franz Grillparzer paid a visit to Paris and London, in 1843 to Athens and Constantinople.

Franz Grillparzer was an important figure in the Viennese theater of the 1840s when his greatest dramatic works were produced.