Gustav Meyrink was the pseudonym of Gustav Meyer, an Austrian author, novelist, dramatist, translator, and banker, most famous for his novel The Golem.
17 Facts About Gustav Meyrink
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Gustav Meyrink has been described as the "most respected German language writer in the field of supernatural fiction".
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Gustav Meyrink was born with the name Gustav Meyer in Vienna, Austria-Hungary on 19 January 1868.
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Gustav Meyrink was the illegitimate son of Baron Karl von Varnbuler und zu Hemmingen, a Wurttembergian minister, and actress Maria Wilhelmina Adelheyd Meier.
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Until thirteen years of age Gustav Meyrink lived mainly in Munich, where he completed elementary school.
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Gustav Meyrink then stayed in Hamburg for a brief time, until his mother relocated to Prague in 1883.
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Gustav Meyrink lived in Prague for twenty years and has depicted it many times in his works.
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Gustav Meyrink described it in the autobiographical short story "The Pilot".
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Gustav Meyrink was surprised by this dramatic coincidence and started to study the literature of the occult.
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Gustav Meyrink studied theosophy, Kabbala, Christian Sophiology and Eastern mysticism.
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Until his death Gustav Meyrink practiced yoga and other occult exercises.
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Gustav Meyrink was charged with using spiritualism in order to benefit from banking operations.
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On 8 May 1905 Gustav Meyrink married Philomene Bernt, whom he had known since 1896.
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Gustav Meyrink continued translating until his death, including various occult works and even the Egyptian Book of the Dead.
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The success of these works caused Gustav Meyrink to be ranked as one of the three main German-language supernatural fiction authors.
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Gustav Meyrink died on 4 December 1932 in Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany.
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Later, Gustav Meyrink's work enjoyed a revival; Gustav Meyrink was discussed in a special edition of the French journal L'Herne, and his work was translated into Spanish, French, Russian, Portuguese, Dutch and English.