Gustav Meyrink was born on January 19, 1868 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was a writer, known for
Der Mann auf der Flasche (1920),
Der Schwarze Meister (1919) and
Das ganze Sein ist flammend Leid (1920). He was married to Philomene Bernt and Hedwig Aloysia Certl. He died on December 4, 1932 in Starnberg, Germany.