< Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)

VOSS, RICHARD, a German poet; called the Tired Man; born in Neugrape in Pomerania, Prussia, Sept. 2, 1851. Among his dramatic compositions are: Savonarola; Magda; The Patrician Dame; Luigia Sanfelice; Father Modestus; Woe to the Vanquished; Eve; Betwixt Two Hearts; At Sedan. In narrative verse he wrote: A Hill Asylum; Roman Village Tales; Messalina. Among his novels are: Life Tragedy of an Actress; The New Romans; Children of the South; Villa Falconieri; Amata; The Sabine; etc. He excels in description of Italian lowly life.

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