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Biography. Zweig (standing) in Vienna with his brother Alfred (1879–1977), c. 1900. Zweig was born in Vienna, the son of Ida Brettauer (1854–1938), a daughter of a Jewish banking family, and Moritz Zweig (1845–1926), a wealthy Jewish textile manufacturer. [4]
Feb 22, 2017 · Stefan Zweig killed himself in despair over Nazism 75 years ago. But before he did, the author said Brazil had become what he hoped Europe could be, writes Benjamin Ramm.
Jul 1, 2024 · The writer Stefan Zweig (1881–1942) lived in Austria and traveled widely before he was driven into exile in the 1930s. He achieved distinction in several genres, including poetry and essays, and he was particularly notable for his interpretations of imaginary and historical characters.
Mar 5, 2024 · As an avid traveler and lover of European culture, Stefan Zweig found it hard to adapt to a world that seemed to be closing down around him. On the 22nd of February in 1942, he and his second wife died by suicide. Here are 10 things you should know about the famous writer.
Feb 22, 2012 · Found exactly seven decades ago and now held by Israel's national library, Stefan Zweig's suicide note underscores the dramatic, tragic life of one of the 20th century's great writers
Stefan Zweig wasn’t, to be honest, a very good writer. This delicious fact was hugged to themselves by most of the intellectuals of the German speaking world during the decades before 1940, in...
Stefan Zweig was one of the world's most famous writers during the 1920s and 1930s, especially in the U.S., South America, and Europe. He produced novels, plays, biographies, and journalist pieces. Among his most famous works are Beware of Pity, Letter from an Unknown Woman, and Mary, Queen of Scotland and the Isles.
