Gerhard Fritsch

Gerhard Fritsch (28 March 1924 – 22 March 1969) was an Austrian novelist and poet. He achieved considerable success with his first novel Moos auf den Steinen (Moss on the Stones). It was later adapted into a film. Fritsch's second novel, Fasching (Carnival) was published in 1969, the year in which he committed suicide.

In 1961, he translated W. H. Auden's long poem For the Time Being: A Christmas Oratorio into German under the title ''Hier und jetzt. Ein Weihnachtsoratorium''.