Franz viktor werfel 10 september 1890 26 august 1945 was an austrian bohemian novelist. The wikipedia bibliography of franz werfel does not mention his book cella, or the survivors. Read in chronological order, franz werfels work leads through all. From 1911 to 1914 he was lecturer in the kurtwolffverlag in leipzig. The seminal novel of the armenian genocide, franz werfels bestselling 1933 epic brought. I have it on secondhand authority that werfel converted to the catholic faith before he died. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library.
Verdi var sin tids mest beromte operakomponist i italien. Franz werfel quotes author of the forty days of musa dagh. More facts on conversion of franz werfel, author of song. Verdi historischer roman by franz werfel overdrive. Werfel was a great fan of verdi and against all his german and austrian contemporaries defended verdis importance against the wagnerians. Franz werfel has 111 books on goodreads with 10389 ratings. Documents sur franz werfel 18901945 25 ressources dans data. Franz werfel was born in prague, bohemia now czech, as the son of a wealthy glove merchant. The son of a glove manufacturer, werfel left home to work in a hamburg shipping house. Which road, which road did you take that brought you here at last. Despite his jewish birth and upbringing, he was attracted to christianity at any early age, and although he never formally converted, he celebrated his own vision of it in his entire lifes work. In 1909 he worked for a short period in a shipping firm. Another structuring device found in many of werfels works is a clearly defined polarity betweenprotagonist and.
However, his body was returned in 1975 to vienna for reburial in the zentralfriedhof. Media in category franz werfel the following 33 files are in this category, out of 33 total. Franz werfels the forty days of musa dagh, about the armenian. Correspondence to and from alma mahler, franz werfel, and adolf. Ucla library special collections language of material. A research and information guide, new yorklondon, routledge, 2012. The son of a prosperous prague manufacturer, werfel was a friend of max brod and franz kafka. Franz werfel books list of books by author franz werfel. Franz werfel audio books, best sellers, author bio. Pisen o bernadette franz werfel epub fb2 pdf created date.
Workshop, epub, kindle formats, pdf, other formats, imp, lrf. Franz werfel10 september 1890 26 august 1945 franz viktor werfel was an austrianbohemian novelist, playwright, and poet whose career spanned world war i, the interwar period, and world war ii. His name is franz victor werfel, at the time of the writing a wellknown novelist, playwright, and poet. While still a gymnasium student, he met franz kafka and max brod like kafka, werfel was a germanspeaking jew and never forgot his jewish background. Franz werfel was born in prague in 1890 and died in beverly hills in 1945, a popular and artistic success in europe and america. Hermann bahr, alban berg, gottfried bermannfischer, hermann. One of the leading 20thcentury literary figures of prenazi austria, franz werfel was born in prague, czechoslovakia, in 1890, the first child of a jewish glove manufacturer and his wife. Franz werfel 18901945 was one of the founders of the expressionist movement in german literature. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative. The song of bernadette, 1942 tended to obscure the. Werfels book on the subject is the most chillingly accurate ontheground account of what was happening at the time for cosmopolitan jewish civilians in europe who were trying. What links here related changes upload file special pages permanent link.
Franz werfel, germanlanguage writer who attained prominence as an expressionist poet, playwright, and novelist and whose works espoused human brotherhood, heroism, and religious faith. Despite his jewish birth and upbringing, he was attracted to christianity at any early age, and although he never formally converted, he celebrated his own vision of. Werfel, franz 18901945, austrian novelist, playwright, and poet. He visited archives, interviewed witnesses, obtained diplomatic documents, and wrote. He is primarily known as the author of the forty days of musa dagh 1933, english tr. I come from a family of german jewish refugees from the holocaust. Ein kind unserer zeit 1938 avec franz werfel 18901945 comme prefacier. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Finding aid for the franz werfel papers, 19101944 512 2 finding aid for the franz werfel papers, 19101944 collection number. The collection consists of materials found in werfels study at the time of his death. Books by franz werfel author of the forty days of musa dagh. Correspondence finding aid for the franz werfel papers, 19101944 512 4 box 2 letters to alma mahler werfel and others from franz werfel.
The novel verdi, with its musical theme and structure, is the best example. Novel of the opera 1924, novel juarez and maximilian 1925, play paul among the. Quotations by franz werfel, german author, born september 10, 1890. He wrote one of his most popular novels, song of bernadette, in 1941. Finally he takes the step and visits wagner at his house at the canale grande. The novel describes a fictious visit of verdi to venice, where he sees wagner on several occasions but is too shy to approach him. Franz werfels most popular book is the forty days of musa dagh. Franz viktor werfel 10 september 1890 26 august 1945 was an austrianbohemian novelist. Verdi befindet sich seit bald zehn jahren in einer schaffenskrise. The boy spent much of his early life in the care of a czech nanny, barbara babi simunkova, who took him to roman catholic mass with her. One of the most profound is that recorded by the german jewish author of the book, the song of bernadette, a new york times best seller in 1942. A portrait of giuseppe verdi fran werfel an autobiographical sketchgiuseppe verdi the letters verdi s last will epiloguepaul stefan explanation of symbols list of recipients index.
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