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Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914)

Books by this author: The Poems of Georg Trakl
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    • Georg Trakl (1887–1914) was born in Salzburg, Austria, where he lived apart from spells in Vienna. After qualifying as a pharmacist he spent his year of military service in the Innsbruck garrison hospital pharmacy. In the wake of the Battle of Grodek, he died of a drug overdose in a military hospital in Krakow.
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