Education
He studied at the universities of Vienna and Budapest, and in 1872 became a member of the editorial staff of the Neue Freie Presse of Vienna.
He studied at the universities of Vienna and Budapest, and in 1872 became a member of the editorial staff of the Neue Freie Presse of Vienna.
In 1879 he founded the newspaper Wiener Allgemeine Zeitung, which he edited until 1886. Hertzka has been called the "Austrian Bellamy", because his novel Freiland, ein soziales Zukunftsbild had a similar theme to that of Edward Bellamy"s novel Looking Backward.