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Early life [ edit] Born in Prague (then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire ), Werfel was the first of three children of a wealthy manufacturer of gloves and leather goods, Rudolf Werfel. His mother, Albine Kussi, was the daughter of a mill owner. His two sisters were Hanna (born 1896) and Marianne Amalie (born 1899). [1] His family was Jewish.
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. The son of a glove manufacturer, Werfel left home to work in ...
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Franz Werfel (1890-1945), Austrian poet, modernist playwright, and novelist, was born in Prague, the son of a Jewish merchant. During World War I, Werfel served for several years on the Russian front as a soldier in the Austrian army. A friend of authors Max Brod and Franz Kafka, Werfel later moved to Vienna and Berlin.
Franz Werfel. 1890–1945. History and Art Collection / Alamy Stock Photo. One of the leading 20th-century literary figures of pre-Nazi Austria, Franz Werfel was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in 1890, the first child of a Jewish glove manufacturer and his wife. The boy spent much of his early life in the care of a Czech nanny, Barbara ...
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 ...
Mar 11, 1990 · Franz Werfel knew everybody: Rilke, Schnitzler, Musil, Zweig, Berg, Freud, Thomas Mann. As a young man, he was the companion of two other writers, Franz Kafka and Max Brod, who frequented the ...
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May 29, 2018 · Franz Werfel. The Austrian poet, novelist, and playwright Franz Werfel (1890-1945) was a leading representative of the expressionist movement in German literature. Franz Werfel was born on Sept. 10, 1890, in Prague, the son of a Jewish businessman. He studied at the universities of Prague, Leipzig, and Hamburg and then worked (1912-1914) as a ...
