Musa dagh traces the trials and tribulations of franz werfels the forty days of musa dagh in hollywood. Jewish response to the forty days of musa dagh wikipedia. Book is from the collection of henriette wyeth hurd, noted american artist, wife of artist peter hurd, signature and date 1929 on fep. First published in 1933, the chilling and riveting story takes place along the anatolian coast in the mountain villages that chose to disobey the. Franz werfel, germanlanguage writer who attained prominence as an expressionist poet, playwright, and novelist and whose works espoused human brotherhood, heroism, and religious faith. He transformed it into the forty days of musa dagh, the enormous, grandmanner novel which. Franz werfel is currently considered a single author. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want.
We use your linkedin profile and activity data to personalize ads and to show you more relevant ads. Franz werfel the austrian poet, novelist, and playwright franz werfel 18901945 was a leading representative of the expressionist movement in german literature 1. A very interesting and rare study of the history of the armenian nation. The most popular of werfels works was the novel the song of bernadette 1942, recounting the miraculous vision of the virgin mary granted to the young girl who founded lourdes. Franz werfels bestknown works include the forty days of musa dagh 1933, a classic historical novel that portrays armenian resistance to the turks, and the song of bernadette 1941. How did he weave together fiction and historical reality.
Franz werfels the forty days of musa dagh, about the armenian. To ask other readers questions about the forty days of musa dagh, please sign up. It was passed from hand to hand in jewish ghettos in nazioccupied europe, and it became an example and a symbol for. In the spring of 1938, werfel and alma lived in paris, when they realized that they could not return to austria because of the increasing number of antijewish regulations. Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards. Bookslut the forty days of musa dagh by franz werfel. Read all poems of franz werfel and infos about franz werfel.
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Franz werfel10 september 1890 26 august 1945 franz viktor werfel was an austrianbohemian novelist, playwright, and poet whose career spanned world war i, the interwar period, and world war ii. Franz werfel franz werfel used books, rare books and new books. He was a poet, playwright and novelist, whose one science fiction work was written in german while he was in selfimposed exile in america. But here is a book that creates too strong a temptation to resist. The forty days of musa dagh is a 1933 novel by austrianbohemian writer franz werfel based on true events that took place in 1915, during the second year of. Get the best deal by comparing prices from over 100,000 booksellers. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. The son of a glove manufacturer, werfel left home to work in a hamburg shipping house. This book was written by the author in 19233, reflecting his admiration and compassion for the armerian people.
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Czechborn poet, playwright, and novelist, whose werfels bestknown works include the forty days of musa dagh 1933, a classic historical novel that portrays armenian resistance to the turks, and the song of bernadette 1941. Czechborn poet, playwright, and novelist, whose central themes were religious faith, heroism, and human brotherhood. June 2012 matt mcgregor fiction the forty days of musa dagh by franz werfel, translated by geoffrey dunlap and james reidel. The forty days of musa dagh is franz werfels masterpiece that brought him international acclaim in 1933, drawing the worlds attention to the armenian genocide. In his novel the forty days of musa dagh, franz werfel dealt with the subject of the armenian genocide. This is the story of how the people of several armenian villages in the mountains along the coast of presentday turkey and syria chose not to obey the deportation order of the turkish government. Forty days will invade your senses and keep the blood pounding. The seminal novel of the armenian genocide, franz werfels bestselling 1933 epic brought the catastrophe to the worlds attention for the first time, and has become a talismanic story of resistance in the face of hatred. Publication date 1990 topics jebel musa syria, defense of. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Complete summary of franz werfels the forty days of musa dagh. In the 1930s, however, the humanist, antigenocide stance he expressed in works such as the forty days of musa dagh, as well as his jewish heritage, attracted the censure of the nazis.
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