Gustav Meyrink

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born

January 19, 1868 in Vienna, Austria

died

December 04, 1932

genre

Occult & Supernatural, Literature & Fiction, Short Stories

influences

fantastic, occult sciences, theology, Kabbala

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The illegitimate child of a baron and an actress, Myrinck spent his childhood in Germany, then moving to today's Czech Republic where he lived for 20 years. The city of Prague is present in most of his work along with various religious, occult and fantastic themes. Meyrinck practiced yoga all his life.

Curious facts:
He unsuccessfully tried to commit suicide at the age of 24. His son committed suicide at the same age with success.
Meyrinck founded his own bank but was accused of fraud for which he spent 2 months in prison.
He worked as a translator and translated in German 15 volumes by Charles Dickens while working on his own novels.

Among his most famous works are Der Golem (1914) and Walpurgisnacht (1917).

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Average rating: 3.93 · 1278 ratings · 100 reviews · 66 distinct works

	The Golem by Gustav Meyrink, Robert Irwin (Editor), Mike Mitchell (Translator) 391 avg rating — 810 ratings — published 1914 — 67 editions	My rating:
	The Angel Of The West Window 404 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 1927 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Walpurgisnacht by Gustav Meyrink, Mike Mitchell (Translator) 381 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 1917 — 14 editions	My rating:
	The Green Face 387 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 1917 — 15 editions	My rating:
	The White Dominican 371 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 1921 — 9 editions	My rating:
	The Opal by Gustav Meyrink, Maurice Raraty (Translator) 400 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1913	My rating:
	O Cardeal Napellus 373 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1915 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Histoires fantastiques by Gustav Meyrink, Elisabeth Willenz (Translator) 460 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1987	My rating:
	Murciélagos 380 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1916 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Racconti agghiaccianti 380 avg rating — 5 ratings	My rating:

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Quotes by Gustav Meyrink

“I have not let myself be stultified by science, whose highest goal is to furnish a `waiting room', which it would be best to tear down.”
― Gustav Meyrink, The Golem

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“A brief rustling that broke off short, as if startled at itself, then deadly silence, that agonising, watchful hush, fraught with its own betrayal, that stretched each minute to an excruciating eternity.”
― Gustav Meyrink, The Golem

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“Nothing essential happens through death, only through birth and that is the whole trouble - But shouldn't we be speaking of something more important than life and death?”
― Gustav Meyrink, The Angel Of The West Window

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