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Arthur Schnitzler


 

Arthur Schnitzler (May 15, 1862 - October 21, 1931) was an Austrian writer and doctor.

Selected works

Plays

  • Anatol (1893)
  • Flirtation (Liebelei - 1895) a.k.a. The Reckoning, which was made into a film by Max Ophüls and adapted as Dalliance by British playwright Tom Stoppard.
  • Fair Game (Freiwild - 1896)
  • Hands Around (Reigen - 1900), also called La Ronde, is still frequently presented. Max Ophüls directed the first movie adaptation of the play in 1950, and Roger Vadim directed a second version in 1964.
  • Paracelsus (1899)
  • The Green Cockatoo (Der grüne Kakadu - 1899)
  • The Lonely Way (Der einsame Weg - 1904)
  • Countess Mizzi (Komtesse Mizzi oder Der Familientag - 1909)
  • Young Medardus (Der junge Medardus - 1910)
  • The Vast Domain (Das weite Land - 1911), adapted as Undiscovered Country by Tom Stoppard.
  • Professor Bernhardi (1912)
  • The Comedy of Seduction (Komödie der Verführung - 1924)

Novels

Short stories and novellas

  • Dying (Sterben - 1895)
  • Lieutenant Gustl (Leutnant Gustl - 1900)
  • Berta Garlan (1900)
  • Blind Geronimo and his Brother (Der blinde Geronimo und sein Bruder - 1902)
  • The Prophecy (Die Weissagung - 1905)
  • Casanova's Homecoming (Casanovas Heimfahrt - 1918)
  • Fräulein Else (1924)
  • Dream Story (Traumnovelle - 1925/26), later adapted as the film Eyes Wide Shut by American director Stanley Kubrick)
  • Night Games (Spiel im Morgengrauen - 1926)
  • Flight into Darkness (Flucht in die Finsternis - 1931)

Nonfiction

  • Youth in Vienna (Jugend in Wien), an autobiography published posthumously in 1968
  • Diary, 1879-1931