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Ödön von Horváth

Born

in Sušak, Rijeka, Croatia

December 09, 1901

Died

June 01, 1938

Genre

Drama

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Ödön von Horváth was a German-writing, Austro-Hungarian-born, playwright and novelist. Important topics in Horváth's works were popular culture, politics and history. He especially tried to warn of the dawn of fascism and its dangers. Among Horváth's most enduringly popular works, Jugend ohne Gott describes the youth in Nazi Germany from a disgruntled teacher's point of view, who, himself at first an opportunist, is helpless against the racist and militaristic Nazi propaganda that his pupils are subjected to and that dehumanizes them and, at last, loses his job but gains his identity.

Having always lived in fear of being struck by lightning, in Paris Horváth was hit by a falling branch and killed during a thunderstorm on the Champs-Élysées, ...more

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Average rating: 3.77 · 19,578 ratings · 1,154 reviews · 247 distinct works • Similar authors

	Jugend ohne Gott 3.86 avg rating — 15,357 ratings — published 1937 — 184 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Geschichten aus dem Wiener Wald 3.34 avg rating — 1,576 ratings — published 1931 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ein Kind unserer Zeit 4.04 avg rating — 493 ratings — published 1938 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Eternal Philistine by Ödön von Horváth, Benjamin Dorvel (Translator), Shalom Auslander (Introduction) 3.11 avg rating — 597 ratings — published 1930 — 65 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kasimir und Karoline by Ödön von Horváth, Dieter Wöhrle (Editor) 3.37 avg rating — 422 ratings — published 1932 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Glaube Liebe Hoffnung 3.61 avg rating — 329 ratings — published 1932 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jugend ohne Gott. Textausgabe mit Kommentar und Materialien: Reclam XL - Text und Kontext 3.38 avg rating — 156 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Der ewige Spießer by Ödön von Horváth, Nicole Streitler-Kastberger (Editor), Martin Vejvar (Editor) 2.45 avg rating — 175 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Don Juan kommt aus dem Krieg by Ödön von Horváth, Traugott Krischke 3.54 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 1975 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	36 Stunden by Ödön von Horváth, Johannes Hollmann (Illustrator), Thomas Kamper (Sprecher) 3.67 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 1929 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Wenn kein Charakter mehr geduldet wird, sondern nur der Gehorsam, geht die Wahrheit und die Lüge kommt.
Die Lüge, die Mutter aller Sünden.”
― Ödön von Horváth, Jugend ohne Gott

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“Nichts gibt so sehr das Gefühl der Unendlichkeit als wie die Dummheit.”
― Ödön von Horváth, Geschichten aus dem Wiener Wald

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“Lieber als Arzt wollt ich Lehrer werden. Lieber als kranke heilen, wollte ich gesunden etwas mitgeben, einen winzigen Stein für den Bau einer schönen Zukunft.”
― Ödön von Horváth, Jugend ohne Gott

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