caption movement death_date death_place birth_place nationality birth_date image article_title birth_name occupation
portrait by de charles scolik modernism 19 january 1919 vienna , austria vienna , austria austrian 9 march 1859 scolik - peter altenberg.jpg peter altenberg
 richard engländer writer and poet
peter altenberg

peter altenberg -lrb- 9 march 1859 -- 8 january 1919 -rrb- was a writer and poet from vienna , austria .
he was key to the genesis of early modernism in the city .
