Moritz Jursitzky

Moritz Jursitzky (27 January 1861 in Andělská Hora – 28 August 1936 in Vienna) was an Austrian-Silesian writer.

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).

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

• Family history, with abstracts of his work