Viktor von Strauß und Torney

Friedrich Viktor Strauß, from 1852 von Strauß, and from 1872 von Strauß und Torney (Bückeburg, 18 September 1809 - 1 April 1899 in Dresden) was a princely minister, church poet, and Ehrenbürger of Dresden. He made a contribution to Germany gypsy romance literature genre with the story of Tuvia Panti, in the tragicomic novella Mitteilungen aus den Akten betreffend den Zigeuner Tuvia Panti aus Ungarn (1871).[1]

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  1. ↑ Nicholas Saul Gypsies and Orientalism in German Literature 2007 1900755882 p.80 "Strauss also wrote a noteworthy contribution to the corpus of German-Gypsy literature, the tragicomic novella Mitteilungen aus den Akten betreffend den Zigeuner Tuvia Panti aus Ungarn (1871).69 Set in large part in a Gypsy's prison cell, ..."
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