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Decisive Moments in History (German: Sternstunden der Menschheit, lit. 'Stellar Moments of Humankind') is a 1927 history book by the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig . [ 1 ] It started off with only five miniatures in its first edition and grew to a collection of 14 with later editions.
Stefan Zweig (/ z w aɪ ɡ, s w aɪ ɡ / ZWYGHE, SWYGHE, [1] German: [ˈʃtɛfan ˈtsvaɪk] ⓘ; 28 November 1881 – 22 February 1942) was an Austrian writer.At the height of his literary career, in the 1920s and 1930s, he was one of the most widely translated and popular writers in the world.
According to Zweig, this sad episode was decisive for the rise of the Nazi Party. Zweig has the chance to experience unexpected success and to be translated into several languages. He reads a lot and hardly appreciates redundancies, heavy styles, etc., preferences that are found in his style: he says he writes in a fluid manner, such as the ...
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Bildnis eines mittleren Charakters) is a 1932 biography of the French queen Marie Antoinette by Austrian writer Stefan Zweig. The Viking Press published the first English-language edition, translated by Eden and Cedar Paul, in 1933. [1] The book was the basis for the 1938 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film, Marie Antoinette, starring Norma Shearer. [2]
World leaders and veterans gather in Normandy on Thursday to mark the 80th anniversary of the June 6, 1944 D-Day landings, when more than 150,000 Allied soldiers invaded France in a major turning ...
Letter from an Unknown Woman (German: Der Brief einer Unbekannten, sometimes appearing without the definite article "der") is a novella by Austrian writer Stefan Zweig. The work first appeared in the 1 January 1922 issue of the Viennese Neuen Freien Presse , [ 1 ] before being published in book form as part of the collection Amok: Novellen ...
The first edition of The Royal Game. Following the occupation and annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany, the country's monarchists (i.e. supporters of Otto von Habsburg as the rightful Emperor-Archduke and the rule of the House of Habsburg), conservatives as well as supporters of Engelbert Dollfuss' Austrofascist regime, were severely persecuted by the Nazis, as they were seen as opponents of ...