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| Hotel Belvoir Rüschlikon, Zurich, Switzerland |
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| Stefan Zweig and Frederike Winternitzseiner |
Today I met the Austrian novelist, playwright, journalist and biographer Stefan Zweig (1881 – 1942) in his Swiss exile in Rüschlikon. With his partner Friderike of Winternitzseiner we had lunch at the Hotel Belvoir. Mainly we were talking about his new novel Jeremiah (1917) The drama Jeremiah appears 1918. During WW1 Zweig was engaged in cultural propaganda of Austria and Germany Zweig could then leave in November 1917 military service for 2 months. During this time he held talks in Switzerland. In Switzerland acquaintanceship with Romain Rolland, Hermann Hesse, James Joyce and Ferruccio Busoni. 27. February 1918 World premiere of the play Jeremiah at Schauspielhaus in Zurich. As a correspondent of the Vienna Neue Freie Presse in Switzerland, Zweig went in March 1917 to Rüschlikon for a retreat and stayed there until the end of the ware.
Best HGK
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