Moritz Jursitzky was an Austrian

Austrians

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/Silesian

Silesians

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 writer.

Born as a son of a weaver master craftsman, Moritz Jursitzky worked as well as a weaver for a long time.
Only late in his life it was possible to earn a living with his writing.
Starting with 1909 he was supported by the "German Schiller foundation" (deutsche Schillerstiftung)

List of publications

Novels:

• "Die Förster-Zilli": The forester Zilli -artistnovel from the WWI prewartime
• "Um Recht und Ehre": About right an honour
• "Auf steiler Dornenbahn" : On steep thorn alley
• "Serenissimus als Bürger" : Serenissimus as citicen
• "Das hungernde Wien" : The starving vienna
• "Der Parnass" : The Parnass

Silesian poems:

• "Hoch'naus!": burlesque written in Silesian German dialect
  Silesian German
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External links

• Family history, with abstracts of his work