Ferdinand von Saar

{{Short description|Austrian novelist, playwright and poet (1833–1906)}}

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Ferdinand Ludwig Adam von Saar (30 September 1833 in Vienna, Austria – 24 July 1906 in Döbling){{cite web | title="The Stone Breakers " - Ferdinand von Saar | work=Ariadne Press | url=http://www.ariadnebooks.com/productinfo.aspx?productid=1572410558 | accessdate=20 August 2009 | archive-date=14 October 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014132344/http://www.ariadnebooks.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=1572410558 | url-status=dead }} was an Austrian novelist, playwright and poet.{{cite book | title= The German-Jewish dialogue: an anthology of literary texts, 1749-1993, Part 1109 | work=Ritchie Robertson | isbn=9780192839107 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YGuzq_6eggMC&q=Ferdinand+von+Saar&pg=PA121 | accessdate=20 August 2009| last1=Robertson | first1=Ritchie | year=1999 | publisher=Oxford University Press }}

Together with Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach he was one of the most important realistic writers in the German language of the late 19th century in Austria. His work was set to music by composer Pauline Volkstein.{{Cite web |title=Pauline Volkstein und ihre Volkslieder. Von Dr. Armin Knab. - Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek |url=http://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/JEGD5MP5XTMAYAUFH5XFWRCUWH7FWZIL |access-date=2023-03-05 |website=www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de |language=de}}