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Ernst Weiss

Born

in Brünn, Austria

August 28, 1882

Died

June 15, 1940

Influences

Franz Kafka, Thomas Mann, Stefan Zweig

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Ernst Weiss was born in Brno, Moravia, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now the Czech Republic) to the family of a prosperous Jewish cloth merchant. After his father died when he was four, he was brought up by his mother Berta, née Weinberg, who led him to art. However after completing his secondary education in Brno, Litoměřice and Hostinné, he came to Prague to study medicine. In 1908 he finished his studies in Vienna and became a surgeon. He practiced in Berne, Vienna, and Berlin but he got tuberculosis and tried to recover as a ship doctor on a trip to India and Japan in 1912. In 1913 he met Rahel Sanzara, a dancer and actress and their relationship lasted until she died of cancer in 1936. In the same year he met Franz Kafka and they became clo ...more

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	Der Augenzeuge 3.95 avg rating — 203 ratings — published 1963 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jarmila by Ernst Weiss, Rebecca Morrison (Translation), Petra Howard-Wuerz (Translation) 3.61 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 1937 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Georg Letham: Physician and Murderer by Ernst Weiss, Joel Rotenberg (Translator) 3.69 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 1931 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Der arme Verschwender. 4.12 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1936 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Franziska by Ernst Weiss, Anthea Bell (Translator) 3.70 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 1916 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El aristócrata by Ernst Weiss, Alberto Gordo (Translator) 3.76 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 1928 — 55 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Die Galeere 3.75 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1913 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Der Verführer 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1938 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Der Fall Vukobrankovics: Mysteriöser Kriminalfall der Elisabeth Thury liked it 3.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1924 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Der Gefängnisarzt, oder Die Vaterlosen 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1934 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Gli esseri giovani hanno un'energia illimitata. Franziska non conosceva la vita, e non conosceva l'arte: ella credeva di poterle forzare ambedue, con le sue mani vuote.”
― Ernst Weiss, Franziska

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“Aspettava da se stessa il sovrumano e dalla vita l'infinito. Ciò dava uno splendore di conquista ai suoi occhi, la forza al suo corpo fragile e finemente modellato, la bellezza ai suoi lineamenti rigidi. Ma ciò la rendeva vuota e fredda fino alla durezza, suscettibile fino alla punta delle dita e, come tutti gli orgogliosi, indifesa come un bambino nel profondo del suo cuore”
― Ernst Weiss, Franziska

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“Ik begrijp niet hoe jij, hoe iemand die me vroeger zo imponeerde - ik lieg niet - zo in de familiepoel kan wegzinken.' Hoe moest ik hem dat uitleggen? Ik glimlachte verlegen en bracht het gesprek op zijn zus.”
― Ernst Weiss, Der arme Verschwender.

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