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Franz Werfel


Born
in Prague, Bohemia, Czech Republic
September 10, 1890

Died
August 26, 1945

Genre
Literature & Fiction, Poetry, Science Fiction & Fantasy


Czech-born poet, playwright, and novelist, whose central themes were religious faith, heroism, and human brotherhood. Franz Werfel's best-known 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). The latter book had its start when Werfel, a Jew escaping the Nazis, found solace in the pilgrimage town of Lourdes, where St. Bernadette had had visions of the Virgin. Werfel made a promise to "sing the song" of the saint if he ever reached the United States. He died in California in 1945. ...more

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Average rating: 4.02 · 6,542 ratings · 780 reviews · 209 distinct works • Similar authors
The Forty Days of Musa Dagh
4.38 avg rating — 1,932 ratings — published 1933 — 165 editions
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Una scrittura femminile azz...
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3.69 avg rating — 1,996 ratings — published 1941 — 90 editions
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The Song of Bernadette
4.22 avg rating — 1,239 ratings — published 1941 — 200 editions
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Der Abituriententag
3.85 avg rating — 280 ratings — published 1928 — 68 editions
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Star of the Unborn
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3.81 avg rating — 161 ratings — published 1946 — 36 editions
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Der veruntreute Himmel
4.15 avg rating — 91 ratings — 63 editions
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Verdi: Roman der Oper
3.81 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 1924 — 95 editions
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Nicht der Mörder, der Ermor...
3.50 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 1920 — 47 editions
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Der Tod des Kleinbürgers
3.63 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 1926 — 31 editions
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Jacobowsky und der Oberst:
3.77 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1944 — 22 editions
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“Which road, which road did you take
That brought you here at last?

No road, no road did I take.
I leaped, I leaped from dream to dream.

”
― Franz Werfel
tags: inspiration
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“We belong far less to where we've come from than where we want to go.”
― Franz Werfel
tags: aspiration, belonging, journey
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“For those who believe, no explanation is necessary. For those who do not believe, no explanation is possible.”
― Franz Werfel, The Song of Bernadette
tags: belief, faith, logic, reason
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