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

• The Road Into the Open (Der Weg ins Freie - 1908)
• Therese. Chronik eines Frauenlebens (1928)

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