Prominent 20th century Austrian playwright, journalist, and biographer Stefan Zweig is the subject of a new exhibition hosted by Scripps College’s Clark Humanities Museum. “Stefan Zweig – An Austrian from Europe” runs March 1 – April 6 and is free and open to the public.
A lifelong pacifist and one of “Salzburg’s great sons,” Zweig’s biographies and works of fiction marked him as one of the most widely-read writers in the world from the 1920s through the 1940s. The exhibition collects more than 100 photographs, numerous manuscripts, and rare, recently-discovered materials as it chronicles Zweig’s life from his youth in Vienna to his exile from Nazi-occupied Europe.
“We are honored to host an exhibit celebrating Stefan Zweig as a writer, pacifist, and great humanist,” says emerita professor of German Roswitha Burwick.
An iPhone app highlighting the exhibit is available for download.
This is the first time the exhibit has opened on the West Coast and only the second time it has appeared in the United States. Prior to Claremont, the Zweig exhibit was on display at the Austrian embassy in Washington, DC.
Salzburg mayor Heinz Schaden opens the exhibition on March 1 at 5:30 p.m.; he will be joined by Klemens Renoldner, Director of the Stefan Zweig Centre, Salzburg University, and Austrian Consul General Karin Proidl. Hans Wagener, professor of Germanic Languages at UCLA, will offer remarks on Zweig’s life and work.
Sponsored by the City of Salzburg, the Stefan Zweig Centre, Salzburg University, the German Departments of Scripps and Pomona Colleges, the Clark Humanities Museum, and the European Union Center (Scripps College), the exhibition is open to guests 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 1:30-5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. For further information, please contact Karen Caporali at (909)-607-3606.