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Stefan Zweig

Also known as S. Zweig

Austrian writer (1881–1942)

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Stefan Zweig was an Austrian writer, translator, journalist, and playwright born in Vienna on 28 November 1881. He was educated at the University of Vienna and worked in Vienna, Berlin, Salzburg, and Rio de Janeiro. His notable works include The Royal Game, The World of Yesterday, Letter from an Unknown Woman, and The Post Office Girl. He was married to Friderike Maria Zweig and practiced Judaism.

Zweig died by suicide in Petrópolis on 22 February 1942. He received the Order of the Southern Cross and spoke German, French, English, and Italian. His career began in 1901 and was marked by significant events including Nazi book burnings and emigration. He is described by the Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron and is similar to authors such as Thomas Mann, Robert Musil, Hermann Hesse, Jörg Fauser, and Max Goldt.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 28 November 1881
Died: 22 February 1942
Works: 1796

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Stefan Zweig (/zwaɪɡ, swaɪɡ/; German: [tsvaɪk]; November 28, 1881 in Vienna – February 22, 1942 in Petrópolis) was an Austrian novelist, playwright, journalist and biographer. At the height of his literary career, in the 1920s and 1930s, he was one of the most popular writers in the world.

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Austria
Active from: 1881-11-28
Active to: 1942-02-23

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 1,531
Total plays: 45,683

Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Stefan
Gender: male
Citizenship: Austria
Place of birth: Vienna
Place of death: Petrópolis
Occupation: essayist
Educated at: University of Vienna
Languages spoken: Spanish
Religion: Judaism
Award: Order of the Southern Cross
Notable work: Beware of Pity
Academic degree: Doctor of Philosophy
Doctoral advisor: Friedrich Jodl
Image: Zweig Setzer 1927.jpg
Work location: Rio de Janeiro
Residence: Salzburg
Significant event: emigration

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Commons category: Stefan Zweig
date of birth: 1881-11-28
date of death: 1942-02-22
Commons Creator page: Stefan Zweig
manner of death: Suicide
topic's main category: Category:Stefan Zweig
start of work period: 1901-00-00
end of work period: 1942-00-00
name in native language: Stefan Zweig
writing language: German
influenced by: Sigmund Freud
has works in the collection: Anne Frank House
P8168: Andover
cause of death: barbiturate overdose

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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Stefan Zweig, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Stefan Zweig (/zwaɪɡ, swaɪɡ/ ZWYGHE, SWYGHE; German: [ˈʃtɛfan t͡svaɪ̯k] or Austrian German: [t͡svaɪ̯g]; 28 November 1881 – 22 February 1942) was an Austrian writer. At the height of his literary career in the 1920s and 1930s, he was one of the most widely translated and popular writers in the world.

Born into a Jewish family, Zweig was raised in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. He wrote studies of famous literary figures, such as Honoré de Balzac, Charles Dickens, and Fyodor Dostoevsky in Drei Meister (1920; Three Masters), and of historical events in Decisive Moments in History (1927). He wrote biographies of Joseph Fouché (1929), Mary Stuart (1935) and Marie Antoinette (Marie Antoinette: The Portrait of an Average Woman, 1932), among others. Zweig's best-known fiction includes Letter from an Unknown Woman (1922), Amok (1922), Fear (1925), Confusion of Feelings (1927), Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman (1927), the psychological novel Ungeduld des Herzens (Beware of Pity, 1939), and The Royal Game (1941).

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Stefan Zweig