Correspondence to Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel, 1937-1953.

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Correspondence to Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel, 1937-1953.

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Andy Zsolnay's letters reflect friendship with Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel. Andy also expresses interest in Franz's work; 1 item is a condolence letter upon the death of Franz. In the period 1941 to 1946 her letters frequently convey news about Alma Zsolnay (the granddaughter of both Alma Mahler and Andy Zsolnay), as well as Paul Zsolnay, and Anna Mahler, who was also living in England at that time.

12 items (20 leaves).

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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Zsolnay, Amanda von, d. 1956.

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Amanda ("Andy") Zsolnay was the mother of Paul Zsolnay (1895-1961), who founded Paul Zsolnay Verlag in Vienna in 1923-1924. Paul Zsolnay was Werfel's publisher from 1923 to 1938; he was married to Alma's daughter Anna from 1929 to 1935. Andy Zsolnay was at least socially acquainted with Alma Mahler since before the founding of the publishing company; Paul Zsolnay was also friends with Alma's mother and stepfather, Anna and Carl Moll, and her half-sister Maria Eberstaller. Later Andy was friends ...

Zsolnay, Paul von, 1895-

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Paul Zsolnay (1895-1961) founded Paul Zsolnay Verlag in Vienna in 1923-1924; Franz Werfel's novel Verdi was the company's first publication, and Zsolnay remained Werfel's publisher until the Anschluss, in 1938, at which point they fell out of contact, and Werfel entered into a new publishing relationship with Gottfried Bermann Fischer. Before the founding of the publishing company, Zsolnay had been friends with members of Alma Mahler's family (Carl and Anna Moll, and Maria Eberstaller); and Alma...