Ödön Von Horváth

Ödön von Horváth was born on April 9, 1901, in Fiume, Hungary. His childhood and adolescence were marked by numerous relocations—Belgrade, Budapest, Munich, Pressburg—due to his diplomat father's career. He attended high school in Budapest, completed it in Vienna, and studied for a period at the University of Munich. In 1924, he settled in Berlin, where he wrote most of his works: "Belvedere," "Mountain Railroad," "Italian Night," "Tales from the Vienna Woods," "Casimir and Caroline," "Faith Hope Love," and "The Unknown Woman of the Seine." In 1931, he broke ties with the National Socialists, and in 1935, he permanently left Berlin. In 1936, he was declared unwelcome in Germany and settled in Vienna. In 1938, following Austria's annexation by the Third Reich, he left Vienna and traveled to Italy, Belgium, and Hungary. On May 28, he went to Paris to discuss the film adaptation of his novel "Youth Without God." On the evening of June 1, during a storm, he was killed by a tree branch that suddenly broke off. He was buried on June 7, 1938, at the Saint-Ouen Cemetery.