Peter Rosegger

Peter Rosegger (31 July 1843 - 26 June 1918) was an Austrian poet from the province of Styria. He was a farmer's boy and grew up in the forests and fields. Rosegger (or Rossegger) went on to become a most productive poet and author as well as an insightful teacher and visionary. In his later years, he was honoured by officials from various Austrian universities and the city of Graz (the capital of Styria). He almost got awarded the Nobel Prize in 1913 and is (at least among the people from Styria) something like a national hero to this day.

Selected works

• Zither und Hackbrett (poems in Styrian dialect, 1870)
• Volksleben in Steiermark ("People's Life in Styria"), 1875
• Die Schriften des Waldschulmeisters ("Manuscripts of a Forest-school Master"), 1875
• Waldheimat, 1877
• Der Gottsucher ("the God-seeker"), 1883
• Heidepeters Gabriel, 1886
• Jakob der Letzte ("Jakob the Last"), 1888
• Als ich noch jung war ("When I Was Young"), 1895
• Das ewige Licht ("the Eternal Light"), 1896
• Erdsegen ("Earth's Blessing"), 1900
• Als ich noch der Waldbauernbub war ("When I Was a Forest-farmer Boy"), 1902