Ferdinand Ludwig Adam von Saar (30 September 1833 in

Vienna Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...

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– 24 July 1906 in

Döbling Döbling () is the 19th Districts of Vienna, district in the city of Vienna, Austria (). It is located in the north of Vienna, north of the districts Alsergrund and Währing. Döbling has some heavily populated urban areas with many residential bui ...

) was an Austrian

novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living wage, living writing novels and other fiction, while other ...

playwright A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes play (theatre), plays, which are a form of drama that primarily consists of dialogue between Character (arts), characters and is intended for Theatre, theatrical performance rather than just Readin ...

and

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. Together with

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Baroness Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach née Countess Dubsky (, ; 13 September 1830 – 12 March 1916) was an Austrian writer and a nobility, noblewoman. Noted for her psychological novels, she is regarded as one of the most important German language, ...

he was one of the most important realistic writers in the German language of the late 19th century in Austria. His work was set to music by composer

Pauline Volkstein Pauline Volkstein (19 January 1849 – 6 May 1925) was a German composer of more than 1,000 songs. Biography Volkstein was born in Quedlinburg, Germany. She had little formal music training, but came from a musical family. Her mother had studied ...

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* 1833 births 1906 deaths Austrian untitled nobility Novelists from Austria-Hungary Poets from Austria-Hungary Dramatists and playwrights from Austria-Hungary Burials at Döbling Cemetery 1906 suicides {{Austria-writer-stub