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Franz Viktor Werfel (German: [fʁant͡s ˈvɛʁfl̩] ⓘ; 10 September 1890 – 26 August 1945) was an Austrian-Bohemian novelist, playwright, and poet whose career spanned World War I, the Interwar period, and World War II.
Apr 15, 2024 · Franz Werfel (born Sept. 10, 1890, Prague [now in Czech Republic]—died Aug. 26, 1945, Hollywood, Calif., U.S.) was a German-language writer who attained prominence as an Expressionist poet, playwright, and novelist. His works espoused human brotherhood, heroism, and religious faith.
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The novel was written by Franz Werfel and translated into English by Lewis Lewisohn in 1942. It was extremely popular, spending more than a year on the New York Times Best Seller list and 13 weeks in first place. The novel was adapted into the 1943 film The Song of Bernadette, starring Jennifer Jones.
One of the leading 20th-century literary figures of pre-Nazi Austria, Franz Werfel was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in 1890, the first child of a Jewish glove manufacturer and his wife.
Franz Werfel (1890-1945), Austrian poet, modernist playwright, and novelist, was born in Prague, the son of a Jewish merchant. During World War I, Werfel served for several years on the Russian front as a soldier in the Austrian army.
Franz Werfel. Czech-born poet, playwright, and novelist, whose central themes were religious faith, heroism, and human brotherhood. Franz Werfel's best-known 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).
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Mar 11, 1990 · Werfel died of heart failure in Los Angeles in 1945. How does one judge a life and a career such as Werfel’s?
