From 1807 to 1809, influenced by Schiller's tragedy Don Carlos, he wrote his first long tragedy entitled Blanca von Kastilien. In 1817, the cruel tragedy Die Ahnfrau was premiered, arousing the interest of the public and making Grillparzer famous.
Franz Grillparzer wird heute einerseits als österreichischer Nationaldichter gefeiert, als der österreichische Klassiker schlechthin, andererseits wird sein vielseitiges Schaffen kaum noch ...
Laube staged productions of Grillparzer's forgotten works, and their success was immediate and profound. To his own surprise, Grillparzer became the most popular author of the day; he was ranked with Goethe and Schiller, and lauded as the national poet of Austria.
Franz Grillparzer was an Austrian dramatist who wrote tragedies that were belatedly recognized as the greatest works of the Austrian stage. Grillparzer’s father was a lawyer who died in debt in 1809; his markedly neurotic mother committed suicide 10 years later.
Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer ( – ) was an Austrian dramatist whose tragedies were belatedly recognized as some of the finest plays in the tradition of the Austrian theater.
Franz Grillparzer (1791-1872) counts as one of Austria’s most renowned and prolific poets, playwrights, and writers in general; the Literature Museum has his office on display, and the Wien Museum includes a reconstruction of part of his home.
Grillparzer also wrote critical essays and studies especially on the Spanish theatre, of which he was a great admirer. He is also the author of two prose-stories, "Das KlosteR&Bei Sendomir" and "Der arme Spielmann".
Franz Grillparzer was an influential Austrian playwright and poet, born in Vienna, where he spent most of his life. Despite feeling the city's artistic environment was stifling, he could not envision living elsewhere.