The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Kirchbach, Wolfgang

KIRCHBACH, kĭrh'bäH, Wolfgang, German critic and poet: b. London, England, 18 Sept. 1857; d. 1906. He was the son of a German artist and studied in Dresden and Leipzig. Settling in the former city in 1888 he was editor of the Magazin für Litteratur des In- und Auslandes; but from 1896 lived in Berlin. Among his works may be cited &lsquo;Märchen&rsquo; (1879); &lsquo;Salvator Rosa,&rsquo; a romance (1880); &lsquo;Gedichte&rsquo; (1883); &lsquo;Das Leben auf der Walze&rsquo; (1892); &lsquo;Die letzten Menschen,&rsquo; a drama (1892); &lsquo;Miniaturen&rsquo; (Stuttgart 1892); &lsquo;Des Sonnenreichs Untergang&rsquo; (Dresden 1895); &lsquo;Gordon Pascha&rsquo; (ib. 1895); &lsquo;Eginhardt und Emma&rsquo; (ib. 1896); &lsquo;Der Lieder vom Zweirad&rsquo; (1900).