Gustav Renker (12 October 1889 – 23 July 1967) was an Austrian and Swiss journalist and novelist known for his literary regionalism. Renker has published over sixty novels, some of which have been made into films. His work is mostly attributable to the anti-modern province literature of the

interwar period In the history of the 20th century, the interwar period, also known as the interbellum (), lasted from 11 November 1918 to 1 September 1939 (20 years, 9 months, 21 days) – from the end of World War I (WWI) to the beginning of World War II ( ...

. He was the father in law of

Heinrich Sutermeister Heinrich Sutermeister (12 August 1910 – 16 March 1995) was a Swiss composer, most famous for his opera '' Romeo und Julia''. Life and career Sutermeister was born in Feuerthalen. During the early 1930s he was a student at the Akademie der To ...

. Part of his

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is archived in the Carinthian literary archives in Klagenfurt.List of literary estates
at the Carinthian literary archives in Klagenfurt

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* * 1889 births 1967 deaths Writers from Vienna Austrian male writers Swiss writers Austrian expatriates in Switzerland {{Austria-writer-stub