Friedrich Theodor Vischer

Friedrich Theodor Vischer was a German novelist, poet, playwright, and writer on the philosophy of art. Today, he is mainly remembered as the author of the novel Auch Einer, in which he developed the concept of Die Tücke des Objekts (the spite of objects), a comic theory that inanimate objects conspire against humans. Pseudonym: Philipp U. Schartenmayer, Deutobold Symbolizetti Allegoriowitsch Mystifizinsky Born: 30 June 1807 in Ludwigsburg Died: 14 September 1887 in Gmunden am Traunsee