Wechsberg, Joseph, 1907-1983

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Wechsberg, Joseph

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Wechsberg, Joseph, 1907-

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Wechsberg, Joseph, writer

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Wechsberg, Josef.

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Wechsberg, Josef 1907-1983

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ヴェクスバーグ, ヨーゼフ

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ウェッシュバーク, ジョセフ

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Wechsberg, Józef

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ウエクスバーク

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Author, lawyer, and musician. Died 1983.

From the description of Papers of Joseph Wechsberg, 1943-1983 (bulk 1964-1979). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71069069

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British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000210.0x000222

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1907, Aug. 29 Born, Mährisch-Ostrau, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Ostrava, Czech Republic) 1925 1930 Attended Prague University Law School, Prague, Czechoslovakia; Hochschule für Welthandel and Vienna State Academy of Music, Vienna, Austria; and the Sorbonne, Paris, France 1926 1929 Worked intermittently as violinist and orchestra leader in Paris nightclubs and on French ocean liners 1929 1930 Attended officers' candidate school, Czechoslovak army 1930 Received law degree, Prague University Law School, Prague, Czechoslovakia 1930 1937 Apprenticed at law firms in Ostrava and Prague, Czechoslovakia, and wrote articles for various German-language newspapers 1934 Married Jo-Ann Novak 1938 Lieutenant, Czechoslovak army, commanding machine gun company on Polish frontier Sent to United States by Czechoslovak government as secretary of parliamentary commission to discuss Sudeten crisis Requested asylum following German occupation of Sudetenland Became free-lance journalist, writing in English 1943 Contributor, The New Yorker magazine 1944 Became United States citizen 1944 1945 Technical sergeant, psychological warfare division, United States army 1948 Staff member, The New Yorker magazine 1949 European correspondent, The New Yorker magazine 1953 Published Blue Trout and Black Truffles. New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf 1955 Published The Self-Betrayed. New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf 1961 Published Red Plush and Black Velvet. Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown & Co. 1966 Published The Merchant Bankers. Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown & Co. 1968 Published Vienna, My Vienna. New York, N.Y.: Macmillan 1969 Published The Voices. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday 1970 Published Prague, The Mystical City. New York, N.Y.: Macmillan 1972 Published The Opera. New York, N.Y.: Macmillan Published The Glory of the Violin. New York, N.Y.: Viking Press 1973 Published The Waltz Emperors. New York, N.Y.: Putnam 1974 Published Verdi. New York, N.Y.: Putnam 1976, May 21 Awarded Ehrenkreuz für Wissenschaft und Kunst, 1. Klasse, Republic of Austria 1977 Published Schubert: His Life, His Work, His Time. New York, N.Y.: Rizzoli 1979 Published The Vienna I Knew. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday 1983, Apr. 10 Died, Vienna, Austria From the guide to the Joseph Wechsberg Papers, 1943-1983, (bulk 1964-1979), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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