Franz werfel is currently considered a single author. Werfel warned prophetically about the consequences of the antisemitism of the nazis. Franz werfel s worldfamous novel made the armenian genocide internationally known. Franz werfel franz werfel is the author of books such as the song of bernadette. The boy spent much of his early life in the care of a czech nanny, barbara babi simunkova, who took him to. The song of bernadette is considered one of the twentieth centurys greatest novels of triumphant religious faith. His novel is based on a historical event in summer 1915, when several thousand armenian peasants. How the book came to be written is itself an inspirational and even miraculous story. The forty days of musa dagh paperback november 22, 2002. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. The same newspaper, suggesting a link between the armenian and the later jewish genocide, condemned americas armenian jews for promoting in the u.
Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Lourdes, a place of hope and moral miracles the book s many merits include its attention not only to kafka but to max brod, franz werfel, paul kornfeld and egon erwin kisch, with occasional reference to lessknown prague. Clark gable was in talks to star in the bigbudget epic. Boeken van franz werfel koop je eenvoudig online bij. Franz viktor werfel 18901945 was born in prague, then part of the austrohungarian empire, and died in beverly hills, california. Franz werfel s most popular book is the forty days of musa dagh. Franz werfel the austrian poet, novelist, and playwright franz werfel 18901945 was a leading representative of the expressionist movement in german literature 1. Song of bernadette by franz werfel and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
The son of a glove manufacturer, werfel left home to work in a hamburg shipping house. Franz werfel was born in prague, bohemia now czech, the son of a wealthy glove merchant. Franz viktor werfel 10 september 1890 26 august 1945 was an austrianbohemian novelist, playwright, and poet whose career spanned world war i, the interwar period, and world war ii. The latter book had its start when werfel, a jew escaping the nazis, found solace in the pilgrimage town of lourdes, where st. Franz werfel 18901945 czechborn poet, playwright, and novelist, whose central themes were religious faith, heroism, and human brotherhood. Franz viktor werfel was an austrianbohemian novelist, playwright, and poet whose career spanned world war i, the interwar period, and world war ii. Founded in 1997, has become a leading book price comparison site. Oostenrijk in 1936, actueler kan haast niet athenaeum boekhandel.
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Franz werfel has 111 books on goodreads with 10389 ratings. Franz werfel was born in prague in 1890 and died in beverly hills in 1945, a popular and artistic success in europe and america. Song bernadette by franz werfel, first edition abebooks. Franz werfel s bestknown works include the forty days of musa dagh 1933, a classic historical novel that portrays armenian resistance to the turks, and the song of bernadette 1941. Referat aufsatz schule aus dem jahr 2010 im fachbereich deutsch literatur, werke, note. Franz werfels most popular book is the forty days of musa dagh. The result was the novel, the song of bernadette, which became an international success and a film classic. Biography franz werfel was born september 10, 1890 in prague, bohemia.
The book is based on the true story of a peasant girl of lourdes, france, who had visions of the virgin mary. This page was last edited on 3 october 2019, at 21. Franz werfel s bestknown works include the forty days of musa dagh. Franz werfel books biography and list of works author. Alma and franz werfel fled vienna in 1938 for france when austria fell to the german army. If you create a free account and sign in, you will be able to customize what is displayed.
Franz werfel article about franz werfel by the free dictionary. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. The lourdes experience moved werfel profoundly and it. One of the leading 20thcentury literary figures of prenazi austria, franz werfel was born in prague, czechoslovakia, in 1890, the first child of a jewish glove manufacturer and his wife. It was a threehanky movie that sent me off to the library to read czech novelist franz werfel s book of the same title. Mgm wanted to make a film of franz werfel s international bestseller the forty days of musa dagh 1933 in the 1930s. Franz werfel groeide op in praag, in het oude oostenrijkhongarije. Franz werfel praag, 10 september 1890 beverly hills, 26 augustus 1945 was. His name is franz victor werfel, at the time of the writing a wellknown novelist, playwright, and poet. Includes correspondence, manuscripts, clippings and printed materials, pictures, artifacts, periodicals, and books. He was a poet, playwright and novelist, whose one science fiction work was written in german while he was in selfimposed exile in america. The book makes bernadette a three dimensional fascinating person, not a distant untouchable saint.
Sua carreira abrangeu a primeira guerra mundial, o periodo entreguerras e a segunda guerra mundial. The most popular of werfel s works was the novel the song of bernadette 1942, recounting the miraculous vision of the virgin mary granted to the young girl who founded lourdes. Full, alphabetical listing of correspondents in the mahler werfel papers in the online catalog, franklin the library of alma mahler and franz werfel. First published in its english translation during world war ii in 1944, the first part of this book is composed of lectures originally delivered in german during the prewar period, whilst the second part of the book represents author franz werfel. This first book, according to steiman, established the reputation of the. Books by franz werfel author of the forty days of musa dagh. Franz viktor werfel 10 september 1890 26 august 1945 was an austrianbohemian novelist, playwright, and poet whose career spanned world war i, the interwar period, and world war. It is as if people had not the courage to form a vivid picture of their own immortality. His father, the owner of a glove factory, was intensely interested in art and music, but he saw in his son. In 1933, nazi students at more than 30 german universities pillaged libraries in search of books they considered to be ungerman. Czechborn poet, playwright, and novelist, whose central themes were religious faith, heroism, and human brotherhood.
Franz werfel books list of books by author franz werfel. Click download or read online button to franz werfel im exil book. Franz werfel10 september 1890 26 august 1945 franz viktor werfel was an austrianbohemian novelist, playwright, and poet whose career spanned world war i, the interwar period, and world war ii. Impressed by what he observed at the famous shrine, he. He is primarily known as the author of the forty days of musa dagh 1933, english tr. The novel was written by franz werfel and translated into english by lewis lewisohn in 1942. Star of the unborn by franz werfel, 1946, viking press edition, in english.
Jan 22, 2019 the same newspaper, suggesting a link between the armenian and the later jewish genocide, condemned americas armenian jews for promoting in the u. Franz werfel 18901945, austrian poet, modernist playwright, and novelist, was born in prague, the son of a jewish merchant. Browse the library of alma mahler and franz werfel. In 1940, famed austrian author franz werfel and his wife were on a desperate flight from the nazi invaders, whom franz. Although he grew up in the assimilated environment of prague, and attended a catholic school, he never forgot his jewish background. A friend of authors max brod and franz kafka, werfel later moved to vienna and berlin. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Read download the forty days of musa dagh pdf pdf download. The story depicted the persecution of the armenians by the turks in 1915.
Despite his jewish birth and upbringing, he was attracted to. Descargar epub gratis del autor franz werfel espaebook. During world war i, werfel served for several years on the russian front as a soldier in the austrian army. He vowed to write a book about her if he and his wife escaped safely.
Werfel started to write the book in july 1932, finishing it in march 1933. Books advanced search todays deals new releases amazon. Werfel escaped to the united states after the fall of france in 1940, where he won international recognition for his fiction. Franz werfel project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. She was an old woman, short and plump, with broad cheekbones and forgetmenotblue eyes which had in them an alert, stubborn expression often mingled with distrust. Feb 09, 2011 referat aufsatz schule aus dem jahr 2010 im fachbereich deutsch literatur, werke, note. The jewish author franz werfel wrote this novel after stopping at lourdes on his way out of nazioccupied europe. Franz werfel, germanlanguage writer who attained prominence as an expressionist poet, playwright, and novelist and whose works espoused human brotherhood, heroism, and religious faith. More facts on conversion of franz werfel, author of song. It was extremely popular, spending more than a year on the new york times.
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