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Vicki Baum (1888–1960) was an Austrian-born writer, journalist, screenwriter, and harpist. Born in Vienna, she held citizenship in both Austria and the United States. She studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and worked in Berlin and Oxford. Her fields of work included music, literature, and journalism.
Baum wrote in German and English. Her published works include *Die goldenen Schuhe*, *Grand Hoṭel*, and *De vreemde nacht*. She is also associated with the works *הסטודנטית לכימיה* and *מלון שאנחאי*.
She died of leukemia in Hollywood, Los Angeles, in 1960. Her manner of death was natural causes.
Synthesized by Vinony from 37 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1888
- Died
- 1960
- Works
- 148
Top works
- הסטודנטית לכימיה
- De vreemde nacht
- Die goldenen Schuhe
- Grand Hoṭel
- מלון שאנחאי
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Writing · Vienna, Austria
Austrian writer.
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Austria
- Active from
- 1888
- Active to
- 1960
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 13
- Total plays
- 225
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Vicki+Baum">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Early Palliative Care for Patients with Metastatic Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer
· 2010 · cited 6,338x
- Approved Lists of Bacterial Names
· 1980 · cited 5,625x
- Sunitinib versus Interferon Alfa in Metastatic Renal-Cell Carcinoma
· 2007 · cited 4,862x
- PRESS Peer Review of Electronic Search Strategies: 2015 Guideline Statement
· 2016 · cited 4,533x
- Matrix Metalloproteinases: Regulators of the Tumor Microenvironment
· 2010 · cited 4,289x
via Crossref · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Baum
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Austria
- Place of birth
- Vienna
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- German
- Image
- WP Vicki Baum.jpg
- Work location
- Oxford
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- Commons category
- Vicki Baum
- date of birth
- 1888-00-00
- date of death
- 1960-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Vicki Baum
- cause of death
- leukemia
- P8168
- Symphony No. 3
- married name
- Vicki Lert
- P12749
- Pfaffroda
Sources (8)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Portrait of Vicki Baum by Max Fenichel, c. 1930 Drawing of Vicki Baum by Emil Stumpp, 1930 Commemorative tablet for Vicki Baum, unveiled in 1989 at the site of the house she lived in at Königsallee 45, Berlin
Hedwig "Vicki" Baum (/baʊm/; January 24, 1888 – August 29, 1960) was an Austrian writer. She is known for the novel Menschen im Hotel ('People at a Hotel', 1929 — published in English as Grand Hotel), one of her first international successes. It was made into a 1932 film and a 1989 Broadway musical.
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