Stifter, Adalbert (1805-1868)

Austrian novelist and painter. Stifter showed humans and nature in harmony, and his novels recall his childhood spent in the country. His principal novels are Der Hochwald/The Alpine Forest 1842, Der Nachsommer/The Indian Summer 1857, Which follows the maturing of a young man, and the historical epic Witiko 1865-67. His short stories are collected in Studien/Studies 1844-50 and Bunte Steine/Colourful Stones 1853.