Leo Perutz (1882–1957)
Author of The Master of the Day of Judgment
About the Author
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Works by Leo Perutz
Leo Perutz, 1882-1957 : eine Ausstellung der Deutschen Bibliothek, Frankfurt am Main (1989) 2 copies
Syntinen liitto 1 copy
2000 1 copy
Leo Perutz 1 copy
Yhdeksästä yhdeksään 1 copy
Bílé cyklamy 1 copy
一九一六年十月十二日火曜日 1 copy
Associated Works
The Dedalus/Ariadne Book of Austrian Fantasy: The Meyrink Years 1890-1930 (1992) — Contributor — 25 copies
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- Canonical name
- Perutz, Leo
- Legal name
- Perutz, Leopold
- Birthdate
- 1882-11-02
- Date of death
- 1957-08-25
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Austrian Empire
Israel - Birthplace
- Rakovnik, Bohemia, Austrian Empire
- Place of death
- Bad Ischl, Austria
- Places of residence
- Rakovník, Bohemia, Austrian Empire (birth)
Prague, Czech Republic
Vienna, Austria
Israel - Occupations
- mathematician
historical novelist
actuary - Relationships
- Perutz, Max (relative)
- Short biography
- Leopold Perutz, born near Prague, was a member of literary and musical circles in Vienna. He served in World War I, and wrote his first novel, The Third Bullet (1915), while recovering from a wound he sustained. Perutz also was a mathematician who formulated an algebraic equation named after him. He supported himself working as an actuary for an insurance company. He fled the Nazis during the 1938 invasion of Austria and went to the British Protectorate of Palestine. He wrote 10 more critically aclaimed novels, most of which have been translated into English. During the 1950s, Perutz returned occasionally to Austria and died in the spa town of Bad Ischl.
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Eppure ora a Brouza riusciva talvolta più facile di prima guadagnarsi una pietanza o il burro sul pane, raccontando storie vere o inventate che avevano per tema Rodolfo II, la sua corte e la sua servitù. I praghesi, infatti, amavano sentire i racconti del tempo passato, dato che il presente era così triste, cupo e pauroso.
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