!!!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.

!Publications
The Dance Through the Ages, 1967 (Knaurs Buch vom Tanz, 
1969); Am Rande der Zeit. Aufzeichnungen 1972-1982, 1983; Aspekte des 
Tanzes, 1984; Tanz im Spiegel der Zeit, 1985; Mary Wigman - Ein 
Vermaechtnis, 1986; Heimat Exil Heimat, 1997 (Wiener Vorlesungen).


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