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Robert Musil
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Robert Musil was an Austrian male writer whose professional career began in 1905. Born on November 6, 1880, he died on April 15, 1942. His literary output includes works such as *Die Verwirrungen des Zöglings Törless*, *Drei Frauen*, *Romanzi brevi, novelle e aforismi*, *Deutsche Erzähler aus der Tschechoslowakei*, and *Nachlass Zu Lebzeiten*.
Musil’s writings have been associated with German and vocal themes, as well as 20th-century storytelling. He is the subject of 630 other encyclopedia articles. His quotes include statements regarding mathematics and reason, such as "Mathematics is the bold luxury of pure reason, one of the few that remain today."
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robert
- Family name
- Musil
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Austria
- Place of birth
- Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
- Place of death
- Geneva
- Occupation
- prose writer
- Educated at
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Languages spoken
- German
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Award
- Kleist Prize
- Academic degree
- doctorate
- Doctoral advisor
- Carl Stumpf
- Field of work
- German-language literature
- Conflict
- World War I
- Official website
- www.musilgesellschaft.at
- Image
- Musil.jpg
- Work location
- Bolzano
- Significant event
- Nazi book burnings
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- Commons category
- Robert Musil
- cause of death
- stroke
- place of burial
- Cemetery of Kings
- date of birth
- 1880-11-06
- date of death
- 1942-04-15
- influenced by
- Ernst Mach
- manner of death
- natural causes
- writing language
- German
- start of work period
- 1905-00-00
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- archives at
- Austrian National Library
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Encyclopedic overview
Robert Musil (/ˈmuːsɪl, -zɪl/; Austrian German: [ˈroːbɛrt ˈmuːzɪl]; 6 November 1880 – 15 April 1942) was an Austrian philosophical writer. His unfinished novel, The Man Without Qualities (German: Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften), is generally considered to be one of the most important and influential modernist novels.
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