Zweig's profile

Stefan Zweig (1881165438+1October 28th-1February 22nd, 942) is an Austrian novelist, poet, playwright and biographer.

Born into a wealthy Jewish family, Zweig studied philosophy and literature in Vienna and Berlin in his youth, and later traveled around the world, making friends with romain rolland and Freud, which was deeply influenced. He writes poems, novels, plays, literary theories and biographies, and is most famous for his achievements in biographies and novels. Engaged in anti-war work during World War I, 1934 was expelled by the Nazis and exiled to Britain and Brazil.

1942, completing the autobiography "Yesterday's World"; On February 22nd, he and his second wife, Green altman (33 years old), both committed suicide by taking poison in their apartment in Indianapolis, petro, a suburban town of Rio de Janeiro.

Extended information Zweig's representative works: The Story of Chess, Letter from an Unknown Woman, Anxiety of the Mind and other novels.

1, the story of chess

The Story of Chess is a novella by Austrian writer Stefan Zweig, and it is also the last novella published before his death.

On the surface, the novel tells the story of an amateur chess player who defeated the world champion on a ship from new york to South America. In fact, it tells the story of Nazi fascism's torture and destruction of people's hearts. As a humanist, Zweig expressed his hatred of Nazi fascism through this novel. He joined the ranks of the world anti-fascist alliance with this literary form of resistance.

2. A letter from a strange woman

This work is about a strange woman. At the last moment of her life, she wrote a touching long letter full of lifelong infatuation, and revealed her desperate love to a famous writer. The novel describes the depth and persistence of love through a woman's most painful experience.

3. "Mental anxiety"

This work tells the story that Hofmiller, a light cavalry lieutenant, met Edith, the daughter of the noble landlord von Kirks Farava, by chance. The girl is lively and in the flower season, but unfortunately her lower limbs are paralyzed. Hofmiller expressed deep sympathy for her, which led to the tragedy.

Works published in 1938, Zweig in exile. His works were banned and burned. It was not until after the war that Twin Cities Film Company adapted it into a film and became a best seller. 198 1 year, on the occasion of Zweig's birthday100th anniversary, Austrian Radio and Television filmed the TV film "Anxiety of the Mind".

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