Moritz Jursitzky (27 January 1861 in Andělská Hora – 28 August 1936 in Vienna) was an Austrian-Silesian writer.
Life Born as a son of a weaver master craftsman, Moritz Jursitzky worked as well as a weaver for a long time. Only late in his life it was possible to earn a living with his writing. Starting with 1909 he was supported by the "German Schiller foundation" (deutsche Schillerstiftung).
List of publications Novels: "Die Förster-Zilli": The forester Zilli - artistnovel from the World War I prewartime "Um Recht und Ehre": About right an honour "Auf steiler Dornenbahn" : On steep thorn alley "Serenissimus als Bürger" : Serenissimus as citizen "Das hungernde Wien" : The starving vienna "Der Parnass" : The Parnass
Silesian poems: "Hoch'naus!": burlesque written in Silesian German dialect
References
External links Family history, with abstracts of his work