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’s in the British Library’s Stefan Zweig Collection?
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.
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 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.
Stefan Zweig, (born November 28, 1881, Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire -found dead February 23, 1942, Petrópolis, near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Austrian writer who achieved distinction in several genres-poetry, essays, short stories, and dramas-most notably in his interpretations of imaginary and historical characters.
What happened to Zweig and his wife?
Nonetheless, as the years passed Zweig became increasingly disillusioned and despairing at the future of Europe, and he and his wife Lotte were found dead of a barbiturate overdose in their house in Petrópolis on 23 February 1942; they had died the previous day. His work has been the basis for several film adaptations.
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.”.