Arnold Zweig

Arnold Zweig (1887–1968) was a German writer. He studied German literature, modern languages, philosophy and psychology in Breslau, Munich and Berlin. He became known for „Novellen um Claudia“ (1912). During the First World War, he initially served as a soldier and, from 1917, worked as a clerk and censor in the Ober-Ost press department. Among his major works is the novel cycle „Der große Krieg der weißen Männer“, including „Der Streit um den Sergeanten Grischa“ (1927), „Junge Frau von 1914“ (1931) and „Erziehung vor Verdun“ (1935). Other notable works include „De Vriendt kehrt heim“ and „Das Beil von Wandsbek“. Zweig lived in exile in Palestine from 1933 to 1948. After returning to Berlin, he served as president of the Academy of Arts and the German PEN Centre until 1953.