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Writer, playwright, and screenwriter Vicki Baum is best known for her book, adapted into both the Broadway play and Oscar winning film, Grand Hotel. She wrote over 30 books and became one of the world’s best-selling authors of her time. Her works frequently depict powerful, self-reliant women.
Vicki Baum has 105 books on Goodreads with 11487 ratings. Vicki Baum’s most popular book is Grand Hotel.
Grand Hotel (original German Menschen im Hotel, "People in the Hotel") is a 1929 novel by Vicki Baum, which was the basis for the 1932 film Grand Hotel. It should not be confused with Berlin Hotel (original German Hotel Berlin), published in 1945, which deals with the situation in Germany towards the end of World War I.
Vicki Baum. 3.87. 2,099 ratings285 reviews. A grand hotel in the center of 1920s Berlin serves as a microcosm of the modern world in Vicki Baum’s celebrated novel, a Weimar-era best seller that retains all its verve and luster today.
January 24, 1888. Died. August 29, 1960. Genre. Literature & Fiction. edit data. Vicki Baum (penname of Hedwig Baum) was born in a Jewish family in Vienna, Austria. She moved to the United States in 1932 and when her books were banned in the Third Reich in 1938, she started publishing in English.
Baum, Vicki (1888–1960) German-born writer, who was known particularly for her novel Grand Hotel. Born Victoria Baum on January 24, 1888, in Vienna, Austria; died in Hollywood, California, on August 29, 1960; daughter of Mathilde Donat and Hermann Baum; married Max Prels, in 1906 (divorced, c. 1912); married Richard Lert (a conductor), July ...
Jun 7, 2016 · Grand Hotel. Vicki Baum. New York Review of Books, Jun 7, 2016 - Fiction - 304 pages. A grand hotel in the center of 1920s Berlin serves as a microcosm of the modern world in this celebrated...
