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Leo Perutz, born Leopold Perutz in 1882, was a mathematician, novelist, writer, and playwright. He was a male citizen of Austria, Israel, and Mandatory Palestine. Perutz wrote in German and is associated with the genres of horror literature and magic realism. He participated in World War I and had three children.
His notable works include *Zwischen neun und neun*, *Ben teshaʻ le-teshaʻ*, *Die Reise nach Pressburg*, *Ba-lailah mi-taḥat le-gesher ha-even*, and *Švédský jezdec*. Perutz died in 1957.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1882
- Died
- 1957
- Works
- 94
Top works
- Zwischen neun und neun
- Ben teshaʻ le-teshaʻ
- Die Reise nach Pressburg
- Ba-lailah mi-taḥat le-gesher ha-even
- Švédský jezdec
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Key facts
- Born
- 2 November 1882, Prague , Austria-Hungary
- Died
- 25 August 1957 (1957-08-25) (aged 74), Bad Ischl , Austria
- Occupations
- Novelist; mathematician
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Leo
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Mandatory Palestine
- Place of birth
- Prague
- Place of death
- Bad Ischl
- Occupation
- translator
- Languages spoken
- German
- Genre
- magic realism
- Conflict
- World War I
- Image
- Leo Perutz (1882-1957).jpg
- Number of children
- 3
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- date of birth
- 1882-11-02
- date of death
- 1957-08-25
- Commons category
- Leo Perutz
- name in native language
- Leo Perutz
- P8168
- Q229103
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- birth name
- Leopold Perutz
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Encyclopedic overview
Leopold Perutz (2 November 1882 – 25 August 1957) was an Austrian novelist and mathematician. Born in Prague, he lived in Vienna until the Nazi Anschluss in 1938, when he emigrated to Palestine.
According to the biographical note on the Arcade Publishing editions of the English translations of his novels, Leo was a mathematician who formulated an algebraic equation which is named after him; he worked as a statistician for an insurance company. He was related to the biologist Max Perutz.
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