biography
pronunciation:
[haw(r)vaht]
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| lived:
| (1901–38)
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| biography:
| Austrian playwright and novelist, born in Fiume, Hungary. After studying in Munich, he emigrated to Vienna (1933) and then to Paris (1938). In his socially critical plays, still popular today, he used a framework reminiscent of Viennese dialect folk theatre to present a depressing view of the bourgeoisie and the alienating effects of modern life; they include Geschichten aus der Wienerwald (1931), for which he was awarded the Kleist-Preis, and Italienische Nacht (1931). Among his novels are Jugend ohne Gott (1938) and Ein Kind unserer Zeit (1938). He died on the Champs Elysées, killed by a falling branch. |
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