Sorell, Walter#

Sorell, Walter, b. Vienna, May 2, 1905, d. New York (USA), Feb. 21, 1997, dance critic, essayist, translator. 1924-1927 studied German language and literature in Vienna, then worked as a freelance journalist and chanson text writer; 1932-1934 head of the Theater der Volkshochschule Ottakring. 1939 emigrated via Luxembourg to New York, where he worked as a palmist. Later became a translator (e.g. translated the works of Hermann Hesse into English) and a renowned dance critic for various American newspapers; 1958-1972 professor of literature and dance at Columbia University; wrote biographies of Alma Mahler-Werfel and Gertrude Stein.

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