Editing Gustav Meyrink (section)

==Death==

During the winter of 1931, while skiing, Meyrink's son seriously injured his backbone and for the rest of his life he was confined to his armchair. On 12 July, at the age of 24, he committed suicide – at the same age his father was going to do it. Meyrink survived his son by half a year. He died on 4 December 1932 in [[Starnberg]], Bavaria, Germany.<ref name="irwin" /> In his final days he was suffering from acute shortness of breath as a result of [[dropsy]]. His wife reported that he told her that he wanted to die quite consciously ({{Lang|de|Ich will ganz bewusst sterben}}). He then removed his shirt, spread his arms and died looking out a window at the rising sun.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Birven |first=Henri |url={{Google books|j3D2DwAAQBAJ|page=79|plainurl=yes}} |title=Gustav Meyrink als magisch-esoterischer Dichter. Zur Einführung in die Probleme seiner Romane |publisher=H. Frietsch Verlag |year=2020 |isbn=978-3-937-59237-4 |location=Gaggenau |pages=79–80 |language=de |trans-title=Gustav Meyrink as a Magical-Esoteric Poet. An Introduction to the Problems of His Novels}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Heißerer |first=Dirk |url={{Google books|S-_qSIdiixoC|page=76|plainurl=yes}} |title=Wo die Geister wandern: literarische Spaziergänge durch Schwabing |publisher=C.H. Beck |year=2008 |isbn=978-3-406-56835-0 |location=Munich |page=76 |language=de |trans-title=Where the Spirits Roam: Literary Strolls through Schwabing}}</ref> He is buried in Starnberg Cemetery.