Wechsberg, Joseph#
b. Ostrava, Czech Republic (then Maehrisch-Ostrau), Aug. 29, 1907, d. Vienna, April 10, 1983. Narrative writer, essayist, journalist, law graduate. Globe-trotter, 1936 parliamentary secretary to the Jewish party in Prague. Went to New York in 1938, where he began to write in English; achieved fame through his childhood memories ("Looking for a Bluebird", 1945, under the German title of "Ein Musikant spinnt sein Garn", 1949). After World War II military correspondent in Europe, later Austrian correspondent of "The New Yorker" magazine in Vienna.
Further works#
Novel, autobiography, essays and other works.Literature#
J. Serke, J. W., in: J. Serke, Boehmische Doerfer, 1987.