Leopold Andrian, actually Leopold Freiherr Ferdinand von Andrian zu Werburg (May 9, 1875 in

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− November 19, 1951 in

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) was an Austrian

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and

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Life and career

Andrian came from the Andrian-Werburg noble family. He was a grandson of the German Jewish opera composer

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and the brother of

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(1870-1953). Amongst his friends were

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and

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. After studying Law he began a diplomatic career in the

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. He became an expert for

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and

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and a close advisor of minister

Count Leopold Berchtold Leopold Anton Johann Sigismund Josef Korsinus Ferdinand Graf Berchtold von und zu Ungarschitz, Frättling und Püllütz ( hu, Gróf Berchtold Lipót, cs, Leopold hrabě Berchtold z Uherčic) (18 April 1863 – 21 November 1942) was an Austro-H ...

. In Berchtold's order Andrian outlined the war aims of the Habsburg monarchy at the beginning of

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. After the war he worked for the

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in Vienna and the

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. He wrote especially lyrics in the style

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and

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Works

* ''Der Garten der Erkenntnis.'' Erzählung. Schmidt-Dengler, Graz 1895. * ''Gedichte.'' De Zilverdistel, Haarlem 1913. * ''Das Fest der Jugend. Des Gartens der Erkenntnis erster Teil und die Jugendgedichte.'' Fischer, Berlin 1919. * ''Die Ständeordnung des Alls. Rationales Weltbild eines katholischen Dichters.'' Kösel & Pustet, München 1930. * ''Österreich im Prisma der Idee. Katechismus der Führenden.'' Schmidt-Dengler, Graz 1937. * ''Das Fest der Jugend. Die Jugendgedichte und ein Sonett.'' Schmidt-Dengler, Graz 1948. * ''Leopold Andrian und die Blätter für die Kunst.'' Gedichte, Briefwechsel mit Stefan George und anderes. Mit einer Einleitung hrsg. von Walter H. Perl. Hauswedell, Hamburg 1960. * ''Frühe Gedichte.'' Walter H. Perl (ed). Hauswedell, Hamburg 1972. *
Fragmente aus "Erwin und Elmire".
' Joëlle Stoupy (ed). Castrum-Peregrini, Amsterdam 1993. * ''Der Garten der Erkenntnis und andere Dichtungen.'' Dieter Sudhoff (ed). Igel, Oldenburg 2003, .

External links

''Leopold Andrian: Le Jardin de la connaissance''
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