Who is Stefan Zweig?

Stefan Zweig (/zwaɪɡ, swaɪɡ/; German: [tsvaɪk]; 28 November 1881 – 22 February 1942) was an Austrian novelist, playwright, journalist and biographer.

What are the best books by Stefan Zweig?

Top Stefan Zweig Books 1 Chess Story by Stefan Zweig 4.29 avg rat 2 Beware of Pity by Stefan Zweig 4.21 avg 3 Amok and Other Stories by Stefan Zweig 4 4 Vingt-quatre heures de la vie d’une femm 5 La Confusion des sentiments by Stefan Zw

What is the philosophy of Zweig?

Zweig, a committed cosmopolitan,) believed in internationalism and in Europeanism, as The World of Yesterday, his autobiography, makes clear: “I was sure in my heart from the first of my identity as a citizen of the world.”.

What happened to the Zweig family?

On 23 February 1942, the Zweigs were found dead of a barbiturate overdose in their house in the city of Petrópolis, holding hands. He had been despairing at the future of Europe and its culture.

What are some of Stefan Zweig’s musical works?

At least one other work by Zweig received a musical setting: the pianist and composer Henry Jolles, who like Zweig had fled to Brazil to escape the Nazis, composed a song, “Último poema de Stefan Zweig”, based on “Letztes Gedicht”, which Zweig wrote on the occasion of his 60th birthday in November 1941.

Where can I find Stefan Zweig’s manuscripts?

There are important Zweig collections at the British Library, at the State University of New York at Fredonia and at the National Library of Israel. The British Library’s Stefan Zweig Collection was donated to the library by his heirs in May 1986. It specialises in autograph music manuscripts, including works by Bach, Haydn, Wagner, and Mahler.

What do we know about Kurt Zweig’s art?

Talking about his art, Zweig had always denigrated it in a way much more like masochism than the sort of self-deprecation that invites contradictory praise. At the outset of his career, he had admitted that ‘at best my talent is a small one’. He was very much like Max Beerbohm’s Walter Ledgett: a bustling, friendly operator in the world of letters.

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