born 1924 in Vienna, died 1969 in Vienna. Following his return from World War II, Fritsch studied history and literature. He worked as a publishing editor and librarian, and from 1958 as a freelance writer and literary critic. Fritsch was awarded numerous literary prizes and published several volumes of poetry, as well as the novels "Moos auf den Steinen" (1956) and "Fasching" (1967); "Katzenmusik" was published posthumously (Residenz, 1974).