Robert Musil | |
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| Born | 6 November 1880 Klagenfurt, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 15 April 1942 (aged 61) Geneva, Switzerland |
| Occupation | Novelist, short story writer, playwright |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Alma mater | University of Berlin |
| Period | 1905–1942 |
| Literary movement | Modernism |
| Notable works | The Confusions of Young Törless The Man Without Qualities |
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Robert Musil (German: [ˈʁoːbɛʁt ˈmuːzɪl]; 6 November 1880 – 15 April 1942) was an Austrian philosophical writer. His unfinished novel, The Man Without Qualities (‹See Tfd›German: Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften), is generally considered to be one of the most important and influential modernist novels.