Drei Meister: Balzac. Dickens. Dostojewski.

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CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 29.05.2018 - 164 Seiten
Stefan Zweig (* 28. November 1881 in Wien; + 23. Februar 1942 in Petrópolis, Bundesstaat Rio de Janeiro, Brasilien) war ein österreichischer Schriftsteller. Am Wiener Gymnasium Wasagasse legte er 1899 seine Matura ab. Anschließend an der Wiener Universität als Student der Philosophie eingeschrieben, mied er den Vorlesungsbetrieb so weit wie möglich und schrieb lieber für das Feuilleton der Neuen Freien Presse, deren Redakteur Theodor Herzl war.

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Born in Vienna, the prolific Zweig was a poet in his early years. In the 1920s, he achieved fame with the many biographies he wrote of famous people including Balzac, Dostoevsky, Dickens and Freud. Erasmus with whom he closely identified, was the subject of a longer biography. He also wrote the novellas Amok (1922) and The Royal Game (1944). As Nazism spread, Zweig, a Jew, fled to the United States and then to Brazil. He hoped to start a new life there, but the haunting memory of Nazism, still undefeated, proved too much for him. He died with his wife in a suicide pact.

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