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Prolific journalist and novelist whose work describes the conflicting epoch between WWI and II. Known for his existential, sober and precise prose, in which poetry is many times subdued to the subtext, without losing its eloquence.

The Sunday Times has described Roth as an author 'whose major novels deserve a wide readership', whilst The Publisher's Weekly defined him as 'a concise, powerful writer who brilliantly evokes the social, political and intellectual turmoil of the (his) era'.

Rolling Stone magazine has labeled some of his novels to be 'almost perfect'. The Sunday Telegraph said of Roth '(he) was a great writer because he wrote magnificently about the great issues of his century'.

Joseph Roth was born in Galicia, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire and fought in the Austrian army during WWI. He worked consequently as a journalist in Frankfurt before departing from Germany for good, a decision he took once the Nazi Party came to power.

He died a destitute in Paris in 1939, bequeathing us with some of the most compelling and honest novels of his time.

Two of his works, Flight Without End and Hotel Savoy, are being adapted for the feature-screen on contemporary settings by screenwriter Pablo Salvador N.G.

His novels and short stories have been successfully adapted by directors Bernhard Wicki and Michael Haneke, while his most famous work Radetzkymarsch was turned into a critically acclaimed mini-series drama starring Charlotte Rampling and Max von Sydow.

He was close to fellow author Stefan Zweig with whom he met regularly and exchanged important letters.

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