Robert Bodanzky, also known as Danton (born Isidor Bodanskie, 20 March 1879 – 2 November 1923),[1] was an Austrian journalist, playwright, poet and artist. While he became famous for his apolitical poems before World War I, he turned an anarchist communist afterwards, writing political essays, plays and poems. He was the brother of the opera conductor Artur Bodanzky.

Robert Bodanzky
A portrait of Danton
Born
Isidor Bodanskie

(1879-03-08)8 March 1879
Died2 November 1923(1923-11-02) (aged 44)
Occupationwriter
Movementanarcho communism
RelativesArtur Bodanzky (brother)

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  • Heuer, Renate, ed. (1995). "Bodanzky, Robert". Lexikon deutsch-jüdischer Autoren (in German). Vol. 3. Munich: K.G. Saur. pp. 245–248. doi:10.1515/9783110975697. ISBN 978-3-11-097569-7.
  • Robert Bodanzky. In: Werner Portmann, Siegbert Wolf: „Ja, ich kämpfte“. Von Revolutionsträumen, 'Luftmenschen' und Kindern des Schtetls. Unrast, Münster 2006, ISBN 3-89771-452-3 (in German).
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