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Here he grew up in the educated Jewish middle class, together with his brother Alfred. The Zweig family was not religious. He passed his high school diploma at the Wasagymnasium in Vienna. Zweig wrote his first poems here. At that time he was influenced by writers such as Hugo von Hofmannstahl and Rainer Maria Rilke. In 1901, Stefan Zweig's first volume of poetry entitled "Silberne Saiten" was published. He also began translating works by French writers at this time. In 1904 he completed his doctorate in German and Romance studies. Until 1910 he traveled extensively through Europe. The focus here was on exchanges with other writers and artists, with whom he mostly maintained friendship through intensive correspondence. By 1911, works such as "Tersites", "The House by the Sea" and "Burning Secret" as well as his first biography "Émile Verhaeren" had been created.

With his work "First Experience. Four Stories from Kinderland," Zweig approached an intuitive psychological style. At the beginning of the First World War, Stefan Zweig signed up as a volunteer. Here he was employed in the war press quarters until 1917. To demonstrate against war in any form, he wrote the drama "Jeremiah", which premiered in Zurich in 1918. From 1918 onwards, Zweig also worked as a journalist and correspondent for the Swiss newspaper "Neue Freie Presse". He also uses this medium to publish his non-partisan views. After the end of the war he settled in Salzburg. His idea was to found a spiritually, holistically and humanistically motivated alliance in Europe. So he began, initially in numerous lectures and essays, to warn against radicalization through nationalism and to call for calm, diplomacy and patience.

In 1920, Zweig published the writings "Fear", "The Compulsion" and, from 1920, three essays about master builders of the world: "Three Masters", in 1925 "The Fight with the Demon" and in 1928 "Three Poets of Their Life". Zweig enjoyed great stage success in 1926 with his adaptation of Ben Jonson's "Volpone". The publication of the book "Star Hours of Humanity" in 1927 was equally successful. In 1928 he traveled to the Soviet Union, where his books were also published in Russian at the instigation of Maxim Gorki, with whom he corresponded. After the NSDAP came to power in Germany, Stefan Zweig fled to London for fear of persecution. The book "Impatience of the Heart" was written here. From 1934 onwards, his works were no longer published in Germany and with the annexation of Austria to the Third Reich in 1938, production in his homeland also stopped. In 1935, Zweig wrote the libretto for the opera "Die schweigsame Frau" for Richard Strauss.

In 1936 the NSDAP immediately banned the sale of all of his works. His first marriage ended in divorce in 1938, and his second marriage was to Charlotte Altmann in 1939. In 1940 he received English citizenship from Great Britain. Nevertheless, he left Europe and traveled on to New York. In 1942 his chess novella and the monograph Brazil were published. After a short stay he visited Argentina and Paraguay. He then settled in Brazil. Here Stefan Zweig fell into deep sadness and depression.

Stefan Zweig committed suicide on February 22, 1942 in Petrópolis, near Rio de Janeiro. In 1944 his autobiography was published posthumously under the title "The World of Yesterday".

(1952) His translation of Ben Jonson&#39;s play, &quot;Volpone,&quot; toured National Theatre Organization of South Africa with Frank Wise, Siegfried Mynhardt, Gerrit Wessels, Alan Chadwick, Edna Jacobson, and Vivienne Drummond in the cast. Leonard Schach was director and Frank Graves was designer.

Novel: &quot;Letter from an Unknown Woman&quot; (filmed as <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0024418/?ref_=nmwrk">Only Yesterday (1933)</a>)

Biography: &quot;Marie Antoinette&quot; (filmed as <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0030418/?ref_=nmwrk">Marie Antoinette (1938)</a>)

(February 3, 1939 - March 1939) Broadway production: &quot;Jeremiah&quot;. Written by <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0959003/?ref_=nmwrk">Stefan Zweig</a>. Translated by Cedar Paul and Eden Paul. Guild Theatre. 35 performances.

(April 1972 - May 1972) His adaptation of Ben Jonson&#39;s play, &quot;Volpone,&quot; was performed in a Philadelphia Drama Guild production at the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with Howard Da Silva, Ken Howard, Louise Sorel, Christine Carter, Hugh Hurd, William Preston, Sue Farley, Don Kersey, Arnold Soboloff, Ed Flanders, Thomas Markus, Ted Thurston, Charles Hudson, Beverlee McKinsey, and Douglas Wing in the cast. Ruth Langner was translator. Daniel M. Petrie was director. Clarke Dunham was lighting designer. Joseph F. Bella was costume designer. William Ross was artistic director. John Randolph was artistic consultant. Sidney S. Bloom was producer.

(December 18 to January 13, 1962) His adaptation of Ben Jonson&#39;s play, &quot;Volpone,&quot; was performed at The Arena Stage Theatre in Washington D.C. Nina Vance was director.

(1965-1966 season) He adapted Ben Jonson&#39;s play, &quot;Volpone,&quot; at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut. Jon Jory was director. David Hager was set and lighting designer. Rosemary Ingham was costume designer.

(June 6 to 24, 1933) His play, &quot;Volpone,&quot; was performed at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California. Morris Ankrum was director. Gilmor Brown was artistic director.

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