Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Oesterreich Post 100th Memorial Anniversary of Peter Rosegger

OESTERREICH POST  on 26 June 2018 issued a 100th Memorial Anniversary stamp of Austrian poet/writer Peter Rosegger. He has been honoured many times in both Austrian and German postage stamps.

Peter Rosegger (original Roßegger) (1843 – 1918) was an Austrian writer and poet from Krieglach in the province of Styria. He was a son of a mountain farmer and grew up in the woodlands and mountains of Alpl. Rosegger went on to become a most prolific poet and author as well as an insightful teacher and visionary.

In his later years, he was honoured by officials from various Austrian universities and the city of Graz (the capital of Styria). He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature three times. He was nearly awarded the Nobel Prize in 1913 and is (at least among the people of Styria) something like a national treasure to this day.  

Source: Wikipedia

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