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Vicki Baum (1888-1960) - Original name Hedwig Baum
Austrian popular novelist, whose MENSCHEN IM HOTEL (People in a
Hotel, 199! starte" her#areer as one o$ the %ost wi"el&'rea"
authors o$ her ti%e )au%*s novel was %a"e into an Os#ar
winnin+ $il% in Holl&woo" in 19 un"er the title Grand Hotel,
starrin+ -reta -ar.o, /oanCraw$or", 0alla#e )eer&, an" Lionel
)arr&%ore -enerall& )au%*s novels have .een "is%isse" asas
nterhaltun+s' or Trivialliteratur, .ut her wor2 has also re#eive"
serious #riti#al attention
"Sonderbar ist es mit den Gsten im grossen Hotel. Keiner verlsst
die Drehtr so, wie er
hereinkam."($ro%Menschen im Hotel!
3i#2i )au% was .orn in 3ienna into a /ewish $a%il&, the
"au+hter o$ Her%ann )au% an" Mathil"e4onat She spent her #hil"hoo"
in .our+eois surroun"in+s, as 5the sin+le #hil" o$ a +oo"
$a%il&5,
.ut in her %e%oirs she has reveale" that "ue $a%il& pro.le%s
her #hil"hoo" was not parti#ularl&happ& )au%*s $ather was
t&ranni#al an" her %other ha" %ental pro.le%s At the a+e o$
ei+ht )au%
starte" to stu"& the harp Her $irst stories appeare" in
print when she was $ourteen )au% stu"ie"%usi# si6 &ears at the
#onservator& an" was e"u#ate" as a harp pla&er )au%*s $irst
%arria+e to the3iennese 7ournalist in 1918 Ma6 Prels (1:'19;! was
short live" So%e o$ )au%*s stories, whi#hshe ha" written $or
hersel$, Prels pu.lishe" un"er his own na%e However, he also opene"
her "oorsto the 3iennese #ulture s#ene an" later helpe" her to +et
the novel 4E< EIN-AN- =< )>HNE(19?! pu.lishe" .&
llstein )au%*s $irst literar& wor2, @HE SCHATTEN 4AS EN4E
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