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    Stefan Zweig

    28 November 1881 - 22 February 1942

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    Stefan Zweig (geboren am 28. November 1881 in Wien, Österreich-Ungarn; gestorben am 23. Februar 1942 in Petrópolis, Brasilien) war ein österreichischer Schriftsteller, Übersetzer und Pazifist. Zweig gehörte zu den beliebtesten deutschsprachigen Schriftstellern seiner Zeit. Mit seinen vielgelesenen psychologischen Novellen wie *Brennendes Geheimnis* (1911), *Angst, Brief einer Unbekannten, Der Amokläufer* und literarisierten Biographien, darunter *Magellan. Der Mann und seine Tat* sowie *Triumph und Tragik des Erasmus von Rotterdam,* gehörte er zu den bedeutenden deutschsprachigen Erzählern zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts. Seine Sprache ist durch Anschaulichkeit und klangliche Gefälligkeit gekennzeichnet; die Werke sind in ihrer Erzählweise sowie den stilistischen Mitteln weitgehend dem Realismus verpflichtet. Sie vereinigen klassische Elemente, darunter einen dramatischen Handlungsablauf, mit psychoanalytisch gezeichneten Figuren und betrachtet aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven. So bot Zweig seiner breiten Leserschaft einen Zugang zu einer Literatur, in der ihre Gegenwart reflektiert wurde, ohne sie mit modernistischen Erzählweisen zu konfrontieren. Unter seinen zahlreichen Prosaarbeiten ragen besonders die *Schachnovelle,* die *Sternstunden der Menschheit* sowie seine Erinnerungen *Die Welt von Gestern* hervor. ---------- Stefan Zweig (born November 28, 1881, in Vienna, Austria-Hungary; died February 23, 1942, in Petrópolis, Brazil) was an Austrian writer, translator, and pacifist. Zweig was among the most popular German-language writers of his time. With his widely read psychological novellas such as *Burning Secret* (1911), *Fear*, *Letter from an Unknown Woman*, and *The Amok*, as well as literary biographies including *Magellan: The Man and His Deed* and *Triumph and Tragedy of Erasmus of Rotterdam*, he was one of the most important German-language storytellers of the early 20th century. His language is characterized by vividness and sonorous quality; his works, in their narrative style and stylistic devices, are largely committed to realism. They combine classical elements, including a dramatic plot, with psychoanalytically drawn characters and are viewed from diverse perspectives. Zweig thus offered his broad readership access to a literature that reflected their present without confronting them with modernist narrative styles. Among his numerous prose works, the novella *The Royal Game*, *The Tide of Fortune*, and his memoir *The World of Yesterday* stand out in particular. **Source**: [Stefan Zweig](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Zweig), Wikipedia.

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