Eduard von Keyserling

Eduard Graf von Keyserling was a Baltic German fiction writer and dramatist, an exponent of literary Impressionism. After initial influences of Naturalism, his later work, particularly novellas and novels after 1902, placed him at the forefront of German literary Impressionism. Keyserling was a subtle and elegant stylist, whose prose is unforgettable for its evocative ambience and 'feel'. His work shares a certain pessimistic kinship with authors like Ivan Turgenev and Anton Chekhov.