Der Tod des Tizian

Name: Der Tod des Tizian
Author: Hugo von Hofmannsthal

by Hugo von Hofmannsthal

One-act play depicting Venice at sunset and an artist's mortality

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Hugo von Hofmannsthal

Austrian poet and playwright who began publishing brilliant verse dramas as a teenager and later collaborated with Richard Strauss. His Lord Chandos Letter is a foundational text of modern literary crisis.

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