persons Viertel, Berthold

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Name Viertel, Berthold
Alternative Names
ID 604
Gender male
Lifespan 1885-06-28 - 1953-09-24
Professions writer, translator, film director, theater director, librettist, director, essayist, Dramaturg, screenwriter
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    Notes Viertel was a very versatile theater director and dramaturge, who worked as a director in many theaters first in Germany (Dresden and Berlin) and from 1927 in Hollywood, where he worked as a film director for Warner Brothers, 20th Century Fox and Paramount Pictures. He frequently changed his abode from the West to the East Coast of the United States. From 1918 to 1947 he was married to Salka Viertel, who invited writers and artists to her “Salon” in Hollywood. He received American citizenship in 1942 but returned after WW2 to Austria, where he staged many plays, often using his translations of plays, for instance, by Tennessee Williams.
    References Prager, Katharina. "Berthold Viertel. Eine Biografie der Wiener Moderne." Böhlau, 2018. See also: Kaiser, Konstantin. "Berthold Viertel (1885-1953)." Österreichische Literatur im Exil, 2002. His literary remains are held at the Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach.

    Relations

    Institution

    Start End Other relation type Related Institution
    1928 1931 related >> worked for/at Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Hollywood
    1950 related >> worked for/at >> directed plays at Burgtheater Wien
    1950 related >> worked for/at >> directed plays at Akademietheater Wien
    1934 1936 related >> worked for/at Gaumont British Picture Corporation (London)
    1910 related >> studied at University of Vienna
    related >> visited >> regularly visited Café Central (Wien)
    established >> founding member of Aurora Verlag
    related >> attended Volksschule Zieglergasse
    1894 1903 related >> attended Amerlinggymnasium
    1944-03 related American citizenship

    Person

    Start End Other relation type Related Person
    related >> friendship with Brecht, Bertolt
    1918 related >> in a relationship with >> married to Ružička, Grete
    related >> acquainted with >> acquainted as an adolescent with Mahler, Gustav

    Place

    Start End Other relation type Related Place
    1947-09 1948 related >> stayed in London
    1928-02 1932-07 related >> stayed in >> stayed in for work Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA
    related >> had named after him/herself Berthold-Viertel-Gasse, 1100 Vienna

    Work

    Start End Other relation type Related Work
    1946 related >> wrote >> author of Der Lebenslauf
    1913 related >> wrote >> author of Die Spur

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    Viertel, Berthold Legacy name (merge) deu
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