Grillparzer

Grillparzer, Franz (1791-1872), Austrian dramatist, was born in Vienna. In 1813 he entered the service of the government, from which he retired in 1856, after holding the post of Keeper of Archives at the Ministry of Finance for 23 years. In 1817 his first tragedy, Die Ahnfrau, was acted with much success in Vienna. King Ottocar (1822) was also well received, but his great classical dramas Sappho (1819) and The Golden Fleece (1821) are not well adapted for the stage.