!!!Perutz, Leo Leopold

b. Prague (Czech Republic), Nov. 2, 1882, 
d. Bad Ischl (Upper Austria), Aug. 25, 1957, novelist, narrative 
writer, dramatist and mathematician. Lived in Vienna until 1938, 
emigrated to Palestine. P. became famous with his novel "Zwischen neun 
und neun" (1918). Then wrote a series of historical and contemporary 
novels, which made him one of the most successful authors between the 
two world wars. In exile wrote "Nachts unter der steinernen Bruecke" 
(1953), which combines separate novellas in one novel. After World War 
II P. stayed intermittently in Austria again.

!Further works
Novels: Die dritte Kugel, 1915; Der Marques de Bolibar, 
1920; Die Geburt des Antichrist, 1921; Der Meister des juengsten 
Tages, 1923; Turlupin, 1924; Wohin rollst du, Aepfelchen ..., 1928; 
St. Petri-Schnee, 1933; Der schwedische Reiter, 1936; Der Judas 
des Leonardo, 1959. - Dramas. - Edition: Reprints of the original 
editions, published by H.-H. Mueller, 1992ff.

!Literature
H.-H. Mueller and W. Schernus, L. P. - eine 
Bibliographie, 1991; H.-H. Mueller, L. P., 1992.



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