HOLZ, ARNO (1863-1929), German writer, was born on April 26, 1863, at Rastenburg, East Prussia, son of a chemist. At the age of 12 he went to Berlin. His early lyric poetry at tracted considerable attention, but his principal work, undertaken often in collaboration with J. Schaf, has been critical. In Die Kunst, zhr Wesen and ihre Gesetze Holz really in augurated the German impressionist school. In his Revolution der Lyrik (1899) he rejected rhyme, strophe and rhythm and all verbal music, maintaining that poetry must live by its mean ing alone. His two volumes Phantasus (1898-99) were written on this theory. Holz's original work, which includes verse, fiction and numerous dramas, fell short of greatness, but he exercised a notable influence on the entire current of German literature. His collected works were published in I o vols. (1924-25) and in 12 vols. (1926). He died at Berlin on Oct. 25, 1929.