Stefan Zweig

Stefan Zweig (1881–1942) was an Austrian writer, translator and essayist. Born in Vienna, he studied philosophy, German and Romance languages and earned a doctorate in 1904. His wide-ranging work includes novellas, short stories, essays, plays and biographies. His best-known books include „Amok“, „Sternstunden der Menschheit“ („The Tide of Fortune“), „Die Welt von gestern“ („The World of Yesterday“) and „Schachnovelle“ („The Royal Game“). During the First World War, Zweig worked in the War Press Office and later became a committed pacifist and advocate of European understanding. After the rise of National Socialism, he emigrated first to England and later to Brazil, where he died with his wife Lotte in 1942.