Franz Werfel

Franz Werfel

Known for: Writing
Biography: 1890-09-10
Deathday: 1945-08-26 (54 years old)

Biography

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. He is primarily known as the author of The Forty Days of Musa Dagh (1933, English tr. 1934, 2012), a novel based on events that took place during the Armenian genocide of 1915, and The Song of Bernadette (1941), a novel about the life and visions of the French Catholic saint Bernadette Soubirous, which was made into a Hollywood film of the same name.

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Known For
Writing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1890-09-10

Deathday
1945-08-26 (54 years old)

Relationships
Alma Mahler (1929-01-01 - 1945-08-26)

Father
Rudolf Werfel

Mother
Albine Kussi

Siblings
Hanna Fuchs-Robettin, Marianne Rieser

Citizenships
First Republic of Austria, Republic of German-Austria, Austria-Hungary, United States of America, Federal State of Austria

Awards
Franz-Grillparzer-Preis

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