Bernhard Buchbinder


Bernhard Ludwig Buchbinder, pseudonym Gustav Klinger, was an Austro-Hungarian actor, journalist and writer. His best-known operetta libretto remains Die Försterchristl.

Career

Buchbinder was born in Budapest, then part of the Austrian Empire. His date of birth is, according to different sources, 7 July or 20 September 1849. Initially he was an actor, later he was the publisher of the humorous fiction weekly Das kleine Journal in Budapest. He moved to Vienna in 1887 and lived there as a feature writer; among others he wrote for the . Beside his journalistic activity Buchbinder wrote novels, folk plays and especially operetta libretti in Viennese style.
Buchbinder died in Vienna.

Works