Robert Musil
November 6, 1880 –April 15, 1942
Writer, Librarian, Novelist, Playwright, Screenwriter, Essayist
Lived 61 years
- Born in
- Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
- Passed away in
- Geneva
Robert Mathias Musil (; Austrian German: [ˈroːbɛrt ˈmuːzɪl]; 6 November 1880 – 15 April 1942) was an Austrian philosophical writer of novels, short stories and plays. His unfinished novel, The Man Without Qualities (German: Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften), is generally considered to be one of the most important and influential modernist novels. Musil published his first novel, The Confusions of Young Törless (German: Die Verwirrungen des Zöglings Törleß), in 1906.
Notable works: The Confusions of Young Törless, The Man Without Qualities, The Posthumous Papers of a Living Author Awards: Gerhart Hauptmann Prize, Kleist Prize Education: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
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