Herzl, Siegmund

Austrian merchant and novelist; born at Vienna May 26, 1830; died there Feb. 9, 1889. He wrote: "Liederbuch eines Dorfpoeten," 1853; "Lieder eines Gefangenen," 1874; "Prager Elegien," 1880. He translated Petöfi's poems. Herzl retired from business in 1885.

Bibliography:

  * Eisenberg, Das Geistige Wien, i. 207.



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