Arthur Schnitzler

Born May 15, 1862· Vienna, Austrian Empire [now Austria]

† Died October 21, 1931

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Emerging from a Viennese Jewish family and trained as a physician at the University of Vienna, he abandoned a medical career after earning his doctorate to devote himself to writing. Recognized as a leading voice of Viennese Modernism, his psychological dramas and novellas dissected turn-of-the-century bourgeois life, with works such as Reigen provoking scandal for their frank sexuality and later… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources