Stefan Zweig

Stefan Zweig (November 28, 1881 – February 22, 1942) was an Austrian writer.

Zweig and Zionism

Jewish religion did not play a central role in his education. "My mother and father were Jewish only through accident of birth," Zweig said later in an interview. Zweig devoted his early life to aesthetic matters. Although his essays were accepted by the Zionist leader Theodor Herzl, literary editor of the Neue Freie Presse, Zweig was not attracted to Herzl's Jewish nationalism.

Related Topics:
Jew - Aesthetic - Essay - Zionist - Theodor Herzl - Editor - Neue Freie Presse - Nationalism

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