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Hermann Broch was an Austrian and American writer, playwright, philosopher, and prose writer. Born in Vienna in 1886, he was educated at the University of Vienna and wrote in German and English. His notable works include *The Death of Virgil*, *Nur das Herz ist das Wirkliche*, *Kommentierte Werkausgabe*, *Esch*, and *Bāzgasht*. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Broch died of natural causes due to myocardial infarction in New Haven in 1951. His archives are held at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Open Library lists 170 works by the author.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1886
- Died
- 1951
- Works
- 170
Top works
- Nur das Herz ist das Wirkliche
- Kommentierte Werkausgabe
- מות וירגיל
- [Hermann Broch-Auswahl]
- Esch
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1886-11-01 ) November 1, 1886, Vienna , Austria-Hungary
- Died
- May 30, 1951 (1951-05-30) (aged 64), New Haven, Connecticut , U.S.
- Literary movement
- Modernism
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Hermann
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Vienna
- Place of death
- New Haven
- Occupation
- essayist
- Educated at
- University of Vienna
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- The Death of Virgil
- Image
- Hermann Broch portrait photograph, 1909.jpg
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- Commons category
- Hermann Broch
- date of birth
- 1886-11-01
- date of death
- 1951-05-30
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Literature
- archives at
- Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
- name in native language
- Hermann Broch
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- writing language
- German
- P8168
- Harper County
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- WikiProject Mathematics
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Encyclopedic overview
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Hermann Broch ( Austrian German: [brɔx]; 1 November 1886 – 30 May 1951) was an Austrian writer, best known for two major works of modernist fiction: The Sleepwalkers (Die Schlafwandler, 1930–32) and The Death of Virgil (Der Tod des Vergil, 1945).
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