Vicki Baum

Portrait of Vicki Baum by Max Fenichel, ca. 1930.
Drawing of Vicki Baum by Emil Stumpp, 1930.
Commemorative tablet for Vicki Baum, unveiled in 1989 at the site of the house she lived in at Königsallee 45, Berlin.

Hedwig "Vicki" Baum (/baʊm/;[1] Hebrew: ויקי באום; January 24, 1888 – August 29, 1960) was an Austrian writer. She is known for the novel Menschen im Hotel ("People at a Hotel", 1929 — published in English as Grand Hotel), one of her first international successes. It was made into a 1932 film and a 1989 Broadway musical.

  1. ^ "Baum". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster.