Alexander Lernet-Holenia

Alexander Lernet-Holenia
Lernet-Holenia in 1947
Lernet-Holenia in 1947
BornAlexander Marie Norbert Lernet
(1897-10-21)21 October 1897
Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Died3 July 1976(1976-07-03) (aged 78)
Vienna, Austria
Pen nameClemens Neydisser, G. T. Dampierre
OccupationPoet, novelist
NationalityAustrian
Period1917 - 1974
SpouseEva Vollbach

Alexander Lernet-Holenia (21 October 1897 — 3 July 1976) was an Austrian poet, novelist, dramaturgist and writer of screenplays and historical studies who produced a heterogeneous literary opus that included poetry, psychological novels describing the intrusion of otherworldly or unreal experiences into reality, and recreational films. He was born and died in Vienna.