Pyrker, Johann Ladislaus, von Felsö-Eör#
Pyrker, Johann Ladislaus, von Felsoe-Eoer, b. Lángh (Hungary), Nov. 2, 1772, d. Vienna, Dec. 2, 1847, epic poet, playwright, poet. 1792 novice, 1812 Abbot at the Cistercian monastery of Lilienfeld; 1820 patriarch of Venice, 1827 Archbishop of Eger. His classicistic dramas and epic poems are written in the restorational tradition of the Biedermeier period.
Works#
Hist. Schauspiele, 1810; Tunisias, 1820 (verse epic); Rudolph von Habsburg. Ein Heldengedicht in 12 Gesaengen, 1825; Lieder der Sehnsucht nach den Alpen, 1845 (poetry); Mein Leben, ed. by A. P. Czigler, 1966 (autobiography). - Edition: Saemtliche Werke, 3 vols., 1832-1834 (extended 1843).Literature#
F. Sengle, Biedermeierzeit, 3 vols., 1971-1980; R. Dobersberger, J L. P. 1772-1847, 1997; OeBL.