Vivo: The Life of Gustav Meyrink

Vivo: The Life of Gustav Meyrink
AuthorMike Mitchell
Cover artistMarie Lane
LanguageEnglish
SubjectGustav Meyrink
Genrebiography
PublisherDedalus Books
Publication date
5 November 2008
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Pages225
ISBN978-1-903517-69-7

Vivo: The Life of Gustav Meyrink is a 2008 biography about the Austrian writer Gustav Meyrink, written by Mike Mitchell. It covers Meyrink's life and activities as a banker, occultist, satirist and writer of speculative fiction.[1][2]

Mitchell had translated several of Meyrink's works into English and debuted as a biographer with Vivo. Publishers Weekly called the book "fascinating, extensive and a bit speculative", writing that its "examination of a dark, begrudging and sensational individual" makes it a "supremely entertaining biography".[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Vivo: The Life of Gustav Meyrink". Publishers Weekly. 1 December 2008. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  2. ^ Klaus, Eric J. (2009). "Reviewed Work: Vivo: The Life of Gustav Meyrink Mike Mitchell". Modern Austrian Literature. 42 (3): 96–97. JSTOR 24649959.