Hugo Hofmann von Hofmannsthal

Hugo Laurenz August Hofmann von Hofmannsthal

Son of Hugo Hofmann von Hofmannsthal (1841-1915) and his wife Anna Maria Frohleutner (1852-1904)

Born: Vienna 1. Feb 1874

Austrian poet and dramatist

Married: Schottenkirche, Vienna  Jun 1901  Gertrud Schlesinger  (c.1881-1959)

Issue:

• Christiane Hofmann von Hofmannsthal (1902-1987) m. 1928 Heinrich Zimmer (1890-1943)

• Franz Hofmann von Hofmannsthal (1903-1929, suicide)

• Raimund Hofmann von Hofmannsthal (1906-1974) m. 1933 (div. 1939) Alice Astor (1902-1956); m. 1939 Lady Elizabeth Paget (1916-1980)

Died: Rodaun near Vienna 15. Jul 1929 from a stroke two days after the suicide of his son.

Buried: Kalksburger Friedhof , Vienna

   

  

Source: Nicholas Jenkins: “W.H. Auden - Family Ghosts“ http://auden.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/auden/