Franz (Viktor) WERFEL

Sex : Male

Nationality: Austria

Born : 1890 Sep 10
            Prague, Czech Republic

Lived : Netherlands

Died :   1945 Aug 26
             Beverly Hills, California, USA
aged :   54
More info can be found online at:
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Internet Movie Database
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More info can be found offline at:
Who Was Who, vol 4
Contemporary Authors, vols 104 & 161
Dictionary of Literary Biography, vols 81 & 124
Jewish Writers of the Twentieth Century, ed Sorrel Kerbel [2003]
Nekrolog zu Kürschners Literatur-Lexikon, 1936-1970 [1971]
Biographical Encyclopaedia & Who's Who of the American Theatre, ed Walter Rigdon [1966]

This person is/was also a composer & a translator

             Book Titles              InfoDate(s)Read Online
Der WeltfreundGerman
poetry
1911 
Wir SindGerman
poetry
1913 
Die VersuchungEnglish
drama
Ge-published:1913 
EinanderGerman
poetry
1915 
Die TroerinnenEnglish
drama
Ge-published:1915
produced:1916
 
Gesänge Aus Den Drei ReichenGerman
poetry
1917 
Der GerichtstagEnglish
drama
Ge-published:1919 
Der MittagsgöttinEnglish
drama
Ge-published:1919
produced:1925
 
Der DschinGerman
fiction
1919 
Der Besuch Aus De ElysiumEnglish
drama
Ge-published:1920 
SpiegelmenschEnglish
drama
Ge-published:1920
produced:1921
 
Nicht Der Moerder: Der Ermordete Ist SchuldigGerman
fiction
1920 
SpielhofGerman
fiction
1920 
ArienGerman
fiction
1921 
BocksgesangEnglish
drama
Ge-published:1921
produced:1922
 
       Goat Song
       [originally published/performed in in Ge-pub:1921/pro:1922]
       [translated by Ruth LANGNER]
English
drama
published:
1926 
SchweigerEnglish
drama
Ge-published:1922
produced:1923
 
BeschwörungenGerman
poetry
1923 
Verdi, Roman Der OperGerman
fiction
1924 
       Verdi: A Novel Of The Opera
       [originally published in German in 1924]
       [translated by Helen JESSIMAN]
English
fiction
1925 
Juarez Und MaximilianEnglish
drama
Ge-published:1924 
       Juarez And Maximilian
       [originally published/performed in German in 1924]
       [translated by Ruth LANGNER]
English
drama
published:
1926 
Paulus Unter Den JudenEnglish
drama
Ge-published:1926
produced:1926
 
       Paul Among The Jews
       [originally published/performed in German in 1926]
       [translated by Paul P LEVERTOFF]
English
drama
published:
1928 
GedichteGerman
poetry
1927 
Der Tod Des KleinbürgersGerman
short stories
1927 
       The Man Who Conquered Death
       (also titled: The Death Of A Poor Man)
       [originally published in German in 1927]
       [translated by W A DRAKE & C P FADIMAN]
English
short stories
1927 
Geheimnis Einse MenschenGerman
short stories
1927 
Neue GedichteGerman
poetry
1928 
Der Abituriententag: Die Geschichte Einter JugenschuldGerman
fiction
1928 
       Class Reunion
       [originally published in German in 1928]
       [translated by Whittaker CHAMBERS]
English
fiction
1929 
Barbara; oder, Die FroemmigkeitGerman
fiction
1929 
       The Pure In Heart
       (also titled: The Hidden Child)
       [originally published in German in 1929]
       [translated by Geoffrey DUNLOP]
English
fiction
1931 
Dar Reich Gottes In BöhmenEnglish
drama
Ge-published:1930 
Kleine VerhältnisseGerman
fiction
1930 
Realismus Und InnerlichkeitGerman
essays
1931 
Die Geschwister Von NeapelGerman
fiction
1931 
       The Pascarella Family
       [originally published in German in 1931]
       [translated by Dorothy F TAIT-PRICE]
English
fiction
1932 
Könner Wir Ohne Gottesglauben Leben?German
non-fiction
1932 
Reden Und SchriftenGerman
essays
1932 
Die Vierzig Tage Des Musa DaghGerman
fiction
1933 
       The Forty Days Of Musa Dagh
       (also titled: The Forty Days)
       [originally published in German in 1933]
       [translated by G DUNLOP]
English
fiction
1934 
Schlaf Und ErwachenGerman
poetry
1935 
Der Weg Der VerheissungEnglish
drama
Ge-published:1935
produced:1937
 
       The Eternal Road
       [originally published/performed in German in 1935]
       [translated by Ludwig LEWISOHN]
English
drama
published:
1936 
In Einer NachtEnglish
drama
Ge-published:1937 
Höret Die StimmeGerman
fiction
1937 
       Hearken Unto The Voice
       (also titled: Jeremias)
       [originally published in German in 1937]
       [translated by Moray FIRTH]
English
fiction
1938 
Twilight Of A World
[originally published in German at various dates]
[translated by H T LOWE-PORTER]
English
short stories
1937 
Von Der Reinsten Glueckseligkeit Des MenschenGerman
non-fiction
1938 
Erzählungen Aus Zwei Welten
[edited by Adolf D KLARMANN]
German
short stories
3 vols
1938-1939 
Gedichte Aus Dreißig JahrenGerman
poetry
1939 
Der Veruntreute Himmel: Die Geschichte Einer MagdGerman
fiction
1939 
       Embezzled Heaven
       [originally published in German in 1939]
       [translated by Moray FIRTH]
English
fiction
1940 
Eine Blassblaue FrauenschriftGerman
fiction
1941 
Das Lied Von BernadetteGerman
fiction
1941 
       The Song Of Bernadette
       [originally published in German in 1941]
       [translated by Ludwig LEWISOHN]
English
fiction
1942 
Die Wahre Geschichte Vom WiederhergesteltlenGerman
fiction
1942 
Jacobowsky Und Der OberstEnglish
drama
Ge-published:1944
produced:1944
 
       Jacobowsky And The Colonel
       [originally published/performed in German in 1944]
       [translated by Gustave O ARLT]
English
drama
1944 
Poems
[originally published in German at various dates]
[translated by Edith Abercrombie SNOW]
English
poetry
1945 
Gedichte Aus Den Jahren 1908-1945
[edited by E GOTTLIEB & F GUGGENHEIM]
German
poetry
1946 
Stern Der UngeborenenGerman
fiction
1946 
       Star Of The Unborn
       [originally published in German in 1946]
       [translated by Gustave O ARLT]
English
fiction
1946 
Zwischen Oben Und UntenGerman
essays
1946 
       Between Heaven And Earth
       [originally published in German in 1946]
       [translated by Maxim NEWMARK]
English
essays
1947 
Gesammelte Werke
[edited by Adolf D KLARMANN]
German
8 vols
1948-1975 
Cella; oder, Die ÜberwinderGerman
fiction
1982 
       Cella; or, The Survivors
       [originally published in German in 1982]
       [translated by Joachim NEUROSCHEL]
English
fiction
1989 
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