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Stefan Zweig was born on the 28th November 1881 in Vienna, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and into a wealthy Jewish family with interests in banking and textiles.

He studied philosophy at the University of Vienna and achieved his degree in 1904.

Zweig first published in 1900 and two decades later was a popular and highly regarded author in many parts of the world, although not in England.

During the Great War he served in the Archives of the Ministry of War and supported Austria's ...