Robert Musil

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born

November 06, 1880

died

April 15, 1942

gender

male

place of birth

Klagenfurce, Austria

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Austrian writer.

He graduated military boarding school at Eisenstadt (1892-1894) and then Hranice, in that time also known as Mährisch Weißkirchen, (1894-1897). These school experiences are reflected in his first novel - The confusions of young Törless.

He served in army during World War I. When Austria became a part of the Third Reich in 1938, Musil left for exile in Switzerland, where he died of a stroke on April 15, 1942. Musil collapsed in the middle of his gymnastic exercises and is rumoured to have died with an expression of ironic amusement on his face. He was 61.

books by Robert Musil

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avg rating: 4.18 | 549 ratings | 50 distinct works

	The Man Without Qualities Vol. 1: A Sort of Introduction and Pseudo Reality Prevails (Paperback) by Robert Musil avg rating 4.46 — 177 ratings — published 1996 4 editions	my rating:
	The Confusions of Young Törless (Paperback) by Robert Musil avg rating 3.89 — 120 ratings — published 2001 17 editions	my rating:
	The Man Without Qualities Vol. 2: Into the Millennium, from the Posthumous Papers (Paperback) by Robert Musil avg rating 4.30 — 79 ratings — published 1996 4 editions	my rating:
	Five Women (Verba Mundi) by Robert Musil, Frank Kermode avg rating 4.13 — 23 ratings — published 1999 2 editions	my rating:
	Posthumous Papers of a Living Author (Paperback) by Robert Musil avg rating 3.94 — 18 ratings — published 2006 3 editions	my rating:
	Diaries : Robert Musil 1899-1942 (Hardcover) by Robert Musil avg rating 4.25 — 12 ratings — published 1998 2 editions	my rating:
	Precision and Soul: Essays and Addresses (Paperback) by Robert Musil avg rating 4.60 — 10 ratings — published 1995 2 editions	my rating:
	The Posthumous Papers of a Living Author (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics) by Robert Musil avg rating 4.29 — 7 ratings — published 1996	my rating:
	L'Homme sans qualités, tome 1 (Paperback) by Robert Musil avg rating 4.00 — 2 ratings — published 1995 2 editions	my rating:
	Über die Dummheit. (Paperback) by Robert Musil avg rating 5.00 — 1 ratings — published 1999	my rating:

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quotes by Robert Musil

"The secret of a good librarian is that he never reads anything more of the literature in his charge than the title and the table of contents. Anyone who lets himself go and starts reading a book is lost as a librarian...He's bound to lose perspective."
— Robert Musil (The Man Without Qualities)

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