STEFAN ZWEIG

Stefan Zweig (1881-1942), born and raised in the glorious pre-WW1 Vienna of the Belle Epoque, was one of the most outstanding European intellectuals of the 20th century, and a prolific writer of stories, biographies, historical studies, essays, travel journals, memoirs and letters – as well as several plays, two books of poetry, an opera libretto and one novel [1]
Of all his works there is no doubt that his stories have best weathered the test of time and that they are the portion of his (...)