The Austrian writer Stefan Zweig was born on the 28th of November 1881 in Vienna.
He studied philosophy and history of literature and published his first volume of poetry in 1901.
Zweig wrote poems, plays, short stories, three novels, historical biographies and an autobiography entitled Die Welt von Gestern
(The World of Yesterday). Throughout his life he was dedicated to fostering communication between artists and scholars throughout Europe.
From 1919 to 1934 Stefan Zweig lived in Salzburg, where he wrote his most successful books, including the Sternstunden der Menschheit (The Tide of Fortune), and biographical studies treating Joseph Fouché, Marie Antoinette and Erasmus of Rotterdam.
In 1934, a year after Hitler´s rise to power in Germany, Zweig left Salzburg and resettled in Great Britain, then the USA and finally Brazil. In Petrópolis, near Rio de Janeiro, Stefan Zweig and his second wife Lotte took their lives on the 23rd of February 1942.
From 1919 to 1934 Stefan Zweig lived in Salzburg, where he wrote his most successful books, including the Sternstunden der Menschheit (The Tide of Fortune), and biographical studies treating Joseph Fouché, Marie Antoinette and Erasmus of Rotterdam.
In 1934, a year after Hitler´s rise to power in Germany, Zweig left Salzburg and resettled in Great Britain, then the USA and finally Brazil. In Petrópolis, near Rio de Janeiro, Stefan Zweig and his second wife Lotte took their lives on the 23rd of February 1942.