Joseph Roth

Joseph Roth
Roth in 1926
Roth in 1926
BornMoses Joseph Roth
(1894-09-02)2 September 1894
Brody, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now in Ukraine)
Died27 May 1939(1939-05-27) (aged 44)
Paris, France
Resting placeCimetière de Thiais
OccupationJournalist, novelist
LanguageGerman
NationalityAustrian
Alma materUniversity of Vienna
PeriodInterwar period
Years active1920s–1939
Notable worksRadetzky March, The Legend of the Holy Drinker
SpouseFriederike (Friedl) Reichler
PartnerIrmgard Keun
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Moses Joseph Roth (2 September 1894 – 27 May 1939) was an Austrian-Jewish journalist and novelist, best known for his family saga Radetzky March (1932), about the decline and fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, his novel of Jewish life Job (1930) and his seminal essay "Juden auf Wanderschaft" (1927; translated into English as The Wandering Jews), a fragmented account of the Jewish migrations from eastern to western Europe in the aftermath of World War I and the Russian Revolution.[1][2] In the 21st century, publications in English of Radetzky March and of collections of his journalism from Berlin and Paris created a revival of interest in Roth.

  1. ^ Liukkonen, Petri. "Joseph Roth". Books and Writers (kirjasto.sci.fi). Finland: Kuusankoski Public Library. Archived from the original on 23 September 2010.
  2. ^ Author biography in Radetzky March, Penguin Modern Classics, 1984.