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 The grave of Arthur Schnitzler at the Zentralfriedhof, Vienna. Picture by Androom (20 Sep 2004) |
Schnitzler, Arthur |
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BORN 15 May 1862, Wien - DIED 21 Oct 1931, Wien: Sternwartestrasse 17 GRAVE LOCATION Wien: Zentralfriedhof, Simmeringer Hauptstraße 234, Simmering (Gruppe 6, Reihe 0, Nummer 4 (Alter Jüdischer Friedhof)) |
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Worked as a physician until 1894. In his first works, among them
"Anatol (1894)", he investigated psycho analysis. Around this
time he had a passionate affair with the actress Adele Sandrock. Schnitzler wrote a number of plays in which he portrayed life in Vienna during the fin-de-siècle in a painfully accurate way. His "Reigen" (written in 1897 and pubished in 1900) was regarded as pornographic and several trials followed. In his novel "Der Weg ins Freie" ("The Road to Freedom") he attacks antisemitism. Director Heinrich Schnitzler (1902-1982) is his son. His daughter Lilly committed suicide on 26 Jul 1928. Works: "Professor Bernhardi" (1912; forbidden by the Austrian censors); "Casanovas Heimfahrt" (1918); 'Traumnovelle' (1926). Related persons • was a friend of Bergner, Elisabeth • knew Freud, Sigmund • was the lover of Sandrock, Adele • was influenced by Weininger, Otto Sources • Vienna, Michelin Tyre PLC, Watford, Hertfordshire, 1998 • Rothe, Friedrich, Arthur Schnitzler und Adele Sandrock, Theater über Theater, Rowolth-Berlin Verlag, Berlin, 1997 |
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The grave of Arthur Schnitzler at the Zentralfriedhof, Vienna. Picture by Androom (20 Sep 2004) |
