Johannes and Gertrude UrzidilCollection 1753-1996

Beneš, Edvard, 1884-1948

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Czechoslovak statesman; foreign minister, 1918-1935; president, 1935-1938 and 1939-1948. From the description of Edvard Beneš speech, 1921. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754867009 ...

Urzidil, Johannes, 1896-1970

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Urzidil was a friend of Werfel from the circle of acquaintances who had often gathered in Café Arco in Prague. He had emigrated to England around 1939 and arrived in the U.S. in 1941, where he settled in New York City. From the description of Correspondence to Franz Werfel and Adolf Klarmann, 1941-1964. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155864686 Biographical note: German emigre writer. Urzidil was born in Prague, from which ...

Gerke, Jan

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Risse, Heinz

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Urzidil, Gertrude, 1898-1977

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Poet; interviewee married Johannes Urzidil. From the description of Reminiscences of Gertrude Urzidil : oral history, 1976. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86131762 ...

Bryher, 1894-1983

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Bryher (1894-1983) was a British author best known for her historical novels, including The Fourteenth of October (1952) and Coin of Carthage (1962), and her autobiographical writings. She also established Close-Up (1927-33), the first periodical devoted to film. Born Winifred Ellerman, she married Robert MacAlmon in 1919. They divorced in 1927, and in that year she married Kenneth MacPherson. Beginning in 1918, she was the close friend of American poet H. D., whose daughter she adopted. ...

Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924

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Franz Kafka (b. July 3, 1883, Prague, Czech Republic–d. June 3, 1924, Klosterneuburg, Austria) was a novelist and short story writer, widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature. His work, which fuses elements of realism and the fantastic, typically features isolated protagonists faced by bizarre or surrealistic predicaments and incomprehensible social-bureaucratic powers, and has been interpreted as exploring themes of alienation, existential anxiety, guilt, and absur...

Thieberger, Friedrich, 1888-1958

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Philosopher, 1888-1958 From the guide to the Friedrich (Bedrich) Thieberger Collection, undated, (Leo Baeck Institute Archives) ...

Johannes, 1896-1977 and Gertrude, 1898-1977

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Johannes Urzidil was born in Prague on February 3, 1896, the youngest son of a railroad official ( Eisenbahnbeamter ) who was also an inventor. His mother, Elisabeth von Steinitz, was his father’s second wife and died when Johannes Urzidil was 4 years old. From 1914 through 1919 Urzidil studied German studies, Slavic studies, and art history at the University of Prague. A schoolfriend of his introduced Urzidil to the Café Arco, where he became acquainted with the members...