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Stefan Zweig; © Kunst Salon Pictzner; public domain

Zweig was [...] one of the most fervent advocates of the idea of European unity. He did not want the “history of tomorrow”, the history taught to younger generations, to be devoted solely to the glorification of warrior heroes, he wanted it first and foremost to be the history of the heroes who advanced the European idea and its aspiration for unity.

Source: Culture: the cement that binds Europe together; José Manuel Durão Barroso; Vienna; 4 April 2013

E-books

Stefan Zweig: A Bibliography by Randolph J. Klawiter
ISBN: 9780807880500

Publication Date: 1965-01-01

Originally published in 1965, this volume presented the only comprehensive bibliography of the writings of the Austrian novelist, journalist, and playwright Stefan Zweig and of the books and articles about his work.

Memorial

Bronze bust sculpture memorial of Stefan Zweig; © EnginKorkmaz, Adobe Stock

The vanquished Heroes of Europe — Stefan Zweig’s Poetics of Defeat in The World of Yesterday; Stephan Resch; Oxford German Studies; 2022; Volume 51; Issue 2; pp. 148-160

Through their shared values of humanism, supranationalism and pacifism, the individuals remembered by Zweig form a heroic collective in their seemingly impossible fight against nationalism and fascism.

‘Reclusion is no more possible while our world stands in flames’: Emerging political subtexts in the genesis of Stefan Zweig's Ungeduld des Herzens; Stephan Resch; German Life and Letters; October 2022; Volume 75; Issue 4; pp. 489-503

Ungeduld des Herzens (1939) is the only novel published during Stefan Zweig's lifetime. Written between 1936 and 1938, the book's genesis coincided with key events in Austrian and European history, including the mass displacement of Jews from Germany and the ‘Anschluss’ of Austria with Nazi-Germany.

Jewish Cosmopolitanism and the European Idea, 1918–1933;

In:

Cosmopolitanisms and the Jews by Cathy Gelbin; Sander Gilman
ISBN: 9780472901111

Publication Date: 2019-01-25

Cosmopolitanisms and the Jews adds significantly to contemporary scholarship on cosmopolitanism by making the experience of Jews central to the discussion, as it traces the evolution of Jewish cosmopolitanism over the last two centuries. The book sets out from an exploration of the nature and cultural-political implications of the shifting perceptions of Jewish mobility and fluidity around 1800, when modern cosmopolitanist discourse arose. Through a series of case studies, the authors analyze the historical and discursive junctures that mark the central paradigm shifts in the Jewish self-image, from the Wandering Jew to the rootless parasite, the cosmopolitan, and the socialist internationalist. Chapters analyze the tensions and dualisms in the constructed relationship between cosmopolitanism and the Jews at particular historical junctures between 1800 and the present, and probe into the relationship between earlier anti-Semitic discourses on Jewish cosmopolitanism and Stalinist rhetoric.

Exile as Expulsion and Wandering: Joseph Roth, Sholem Aleichem, Stefan Zweig;

In:

Forms of Exile in Jewish Literature and Thought by Bronislava Volková
ISBN: 9781644694060

Publication Date: 2021

Forms of Exile in Jewish Literature and Thought deals with the concept of exile on many levels-from the literal to the metaphorical. It combines analyses of predominantly Jewish authors of Central Europe of the twentieth century who are not usually connected, including Kafka, Kraus, Levi, Lustig, Wiesel, and Frankl. It follows the typical routes that exiled writers took, from East to West and later often as far as America. The concept and forms of exile are analyzed from many different points of view and great importance is devoted especially to the forms of inner exile. In Forms of Exile in Jewish Literature and Thought, Bronislava Volková, an exile herself and thus intimately familiar with the topic through her own experience, develops a unique typology of exile that will enrich the field of intellectual and literary history of twentieth-century Europe and America.

Stefan Zweig (1881-1942): A guide to reading and research; University at Buffalo

STEFAN ZWEIG DIGITAL, a project developed on the initiative of the Literature Archive Salzburg

Information and research portal dedicated to the life and work of the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig.

DW book expert David Levitz on Stefan Zweig's novel 'Beware of Pity'; video; Deutsche Welle; 2:13

A humanist in exile: Stefan Zweig, 75 years after his death; article; Nina Wuttke; Deutsche Welle; 22 February 2017

Selected Online Works

The World of Yesterday; Stefan Zweig; 1943, 342 pp.

The things I want to preserve are entitled to serve as memories for others reflecting my life before it sinks into darkness.

The Invisible Collection; Stefan Zweig; 1926, 40 pp.

Master Builders: A Typology of the Spirit; Stefan Zweig; 1930; 905 pp.

Émile Verhaeren; Stefan Zweig; 1914; 290 pp.

E-audiobooks

The Burning Secret by Stefan Zweig; read by Lee Smalley; 02:33:57
A lonely, convalescing 12 year-old boy and his attractive mother, who is in a loveless marriage, meet a gentleman while vacationing at a European resort. Seeking an enjoyable way to pass the time, the man schemes to seduce the woman with the unwitting help of the boy. The son, puzzled by the developing relationship, becomes increasingly isolated and suspicious as he loses his childish innocence in this gripping coming-of-age novella.
This work is translated from the original German, Brennendes Geheimnis.

Multilingual Information

Romain Rolland: Der Mann und das Werk by Stefan Zweig
ISBN: 9783863479251

Publication Date: 1923

Dieses Buch will nicht nur Darstellung eines europäischen Werkes sein, sondern vor allem Bekenntnis zu einem Menschen, der mir und manchem das stärkste moralische Erlebnis unserer Weltwende war. (Stefan Zweig, aus dem Vorwort).
Drei Meister by Stefan Zweig
ISBN: 9783863476915

Publication Date: 1927

Jeder dieser Künstler bildet ein Lebensgesetz, eine Lebensauffassung durch die Fülle seiner Gestalten so einheitlich hervor, daß es durch ihn eine neue Form der Welt wird. (Stefan Zweig, aus dem Vorwort)

Stefan Zweig, gardien de l’héritage européen; Marion Garot; Symposium Culture@Kultur; 2022; Volume 4; Issue 1; pp. 35-42

À travers les portraits choisis de personnages érigés en figures illustres, son travail de réécriture a un objectif bien précis : celui de mettre en scène une histoire internationale de l’Europe, par la filiation intellectuelle et culturelle de ses grands esprits, se faisant gardien de l’héritage européen

»Das moralische Gewissen Europas«: Stefan Zweig und Robert Menasse; Hinrich C. Seeba; ZIG Zeitschrift für Interkulturelle Germanistik; 2018; Volume 433; 9; pp. 119-136

Zweig hat [...] die Rolle des Schriftstellers definiert, die er auch sich selbst zugeschrieben und praktiziert hat, als er Ende der zwanziger Jahre, inzwischen der berühmte Autor, überall gefeiert durch die Welt reiste und für die Idee Europas warb.

Stefan Zweig, l'écrivain de l'âme humaine; France Culture; 5:09

Stefan Zweig: fuga da guerra, utopia no Brasil e o futuro que nunca chegou; DW Brasil; 4:17

Stefan Zweig lit son poème “Hymnus an die Reise”; 1933; ActuaLitté; 1:11

Stefan Zweig: "Die Welt von gestern"; Audioaufnahme; gelesen von Michael Heltau; ORF; 16:47

Sendung zum 75. Todestag von Stefan Zweig.

Stefan Zweig, une vie d'écriture; podcast serie; Radio France:

Épisode 1/4 : Le réfugié littéraire; 8 juin 2020; 58:48
Épisode 2/4 : Un orfèvre des formes; 9 juin 2020; 59:53
Épisode 3/4 : Échos freudien; 10 juin 2020; 59:34
Épisode 4/4 : Souvenirs d'un européen; 11 juin 2020; 58:58

STEFAN ZWEIG DIGITAL, internationales Projekt auf Initiative des Literaturarchivs Salzburg

Informations- und Forschungsportal zu Leben und Werk des österreichischen Schriftstellers Stefan Zweig.

Stefan Zweig: Leben & Werke; Stefan Zweig Zentrum Salzburg

Stefan Zweig: "Ungeduld des Herzens"; Buchbesprechung; Deutsche Welle; 6. Oktober 2018

Stefan Zweig: Zwischen Ruhm und Heimatlosigkeit; Artikel; Nina Wuttke; Deutsche Welle; 23. Februar 2017

Zweig, der Kaiser & das Ende der Geschichte; Artikel; ORF; 28. November 2018

A morte de Stefan Zweig, para quem Brasil era país do futuro; Edison Veiga; Deutsche Welle; 23 de fevereiro de 2022

Casa Stefan Zweig; documentary; casastefanzweig; 2009; 8:18

House of European History

Rebulding a devided continent - Permanent Exhibition

The period after 1945: Europe is in ruins, disempowered and divided between two opposing global forces, the United States of America and the Soviet Union. United by fear of Communism, some Western European countries began the path of co-operation at a supranational level in order to tame nationalism and dismantle the risk of war. In Eastern Europe however, liberation for many meant the replacement of Nazi tyranny by Communist dictatorship under Soviet control.

Consult a Book at the Library of Europe

Chess; Stefan Zweig; 2017

Messages from a Lost World: Europe on the brink; Stefan Zweig; 2017

Encounters and Destinies: a farewell to Europe; Stefan Zweig; 2020

Weimar in Exile: the antifascist emigration in Europe and America; Jean-Michel Palmier; 2017

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European Writers: Stefan Zweig: Home

European Writers: Stefan Zweig