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.