Richard Beer-Hofmann (1866-1945) was a writer of novellas, dramas and poerty. He began his literary career after becoming acquainted with the authors Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Hermann Bahr and Arthur Schnitzler in 1890. In the 1920s Beer-Hofmann worked with Max Reinhardt as a theater director until 1932. He fled Austria in 1939, settling in New York, where he died in 1945.

Setzer Studio, Vienna
Portrait of Richard Beer-Hofmann
Photo, 1919