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Franz Viktor Werfel (German: [fʁant͡s ˈvɛʁfl̩] ⓘ; 10 September 1890 – 26 August 1945) was an Austrian-Bohemian novelist, playwright, and poet whose career spanned World War I, the Interwar period, and World War II.
Apr 15, 2024 · Franz Werfel (born Sept. 10, 1890, Prague [now in Czech Republic]—died Aug. 26, 1945, Hollywood, Calif., U.S.) was a German-language writer who attained prominence as an Expressionist poet, playwright, and novelist. His works espoused human brotherhood, heroism, and religious faith.
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Franz Werfel was a Jewish Austrian writer who fled Nazi persecution and wrote The Song of Bernadette. His books were among those burned by the Nazis in 1933 for their pacifist and anti-nationalist themes.
Franz Werfel, fotografiert 1940 von Carl van Vechten. Franz Viktor Werfel (* 10. September 1890 in Prag, Österreich-Ungarn; † 26. August 1945 in Beverly Hills) war ein österreichischer Schriftsteller jüdisch-deutschböhmischer Herkunft. Er flüchtete vor der nationalsozialistischen Herrschaft ins Exil und wurde 1941 US-amerikanischer ...
Learn about the life and career of Franz Werfel, a leading 20th-century Austrian writer and Expressionist poet. Explore his works, including Verdi, Juarez und Maximilian, and Paul Among the Jews.
Mar 11, 1990 · Werfel died of heart failure in Los Angeles in 1945. How does one judge a life and a career such as Werfel’s?
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May 29, 2018 · Franz Werfel (1890–1945) was an Austrian novelist, playwright, and poet who wrote about religious, historical, and social themes. He is best known for his novels The Forty Days, The Song of Bernadette, and Jacobowsky and the Colonel, and his biblical play The Eternal Road.
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