What is Stefan Zweig?
{{Infobox person | name = Stefan Zweig | image = Stefan Zweig2.png | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1881|11|28}} | birth_place = [[Vienna]], [[Austria-Hungary]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1942|2|22|1881|11|28}} | death_place = [[Petrópolis]], [[Rio de Janeiro (state)|Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | residence = | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = | occupation =Novelist, playwright, journalist and biographer | religion = | spouse = Friderike Maria von Winternitz (born Burger) (1920–1938; divorced)<br />Lotte Altmann (1939–1942; his death) | partner = | children = | parents = Moritz Zweig (1845&ndash;1926) <br />Ida Brettauer (1854&ndash;1938) | relatives = Alfred Zweig (1879&ndash;1977) <br> (brother) | signature = Stefan Zweig Signature 1927.svg | website = | footnotes = }} '''Stefan Zweig''' ({{IPA-de|tsvaɪk|lang}}; November 28, 1881 – February 22, 1942) was an [[Austria]]n [[writer]] of [[Jew]]ish descent. He was born in [[Vienna]]. He volunteered to be a [[soldier]] in the [[First World War]], and got the post as a military commentator. This made him an enemy of [[war]]. The [[Nazi]]s gained power in [[Germany]] in 1933, and their [[influence]] could be felt in Austria as well. 1934, Stefan Zweig [[emigration|emigrated]], first to [[London]], then to [[South America]]. That way he lost much of his audience. He committed [[suicide]] (together with his second wife) by [[barbiturate]] [[drug overdose|overdose]] in [[Petropolis]], [[Rio de Janeiro]] in 1942. He has written many books and poems. One of his best-known works is called '''Schachnovelle'' (''The Royal Game'', in [[English language|English]]. In it, he describes a [[Chess]] player, that is forced to play against himself (while im[[prison]]ed). He explores the theme of [[madness]]. This book inspired the [[movie]] [[Geri's Game]], made by [[Pixar]] in [[1997]]. == Further reading == * Elizabeth Allday, ''Stefan Zweig: A Cri