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| | Stefan Zweig. Biography and complete works |
 | | Zweig became first known as a poet and translator, and later as a biographer, short-story writer, and novelist. |
 | | Born in Vienna on 28 November 1881, Zweig was the youngest son of Moritz Zweig, a wealthy Jewish textile manufacturer, and Ida (Brettauer) Zweig, the daughter of an Italian banking family. |
 | | Disillusioned and isolated, Zweig committed suicide with his second wife Lotte (née Charlotte Elisabeth Altmann), in Petrópolis, near Rio de Janeiro on February 23, 1942, using the barbiturate Veronal, despairing at the future of Europe and its culture.Brazil's populist dictator, Getulio Vargas, ordered that his burial expenses should be paid for by the state. |
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