Stories from My Life

by Oskar Kokoschka, Michael Mitchell (Translator), Eithne Wilkins (Translator)

The author was one of the major Expressionist painters of the first half of the 20th century, and also wrote a number of plays, poems, and stories. These autobiographical writings, first written for his wife, are an intense evocation of incidents and moments which reveal his spiritual development, and combine elements of real encounters with dreams, fantasies, and visions. Included in German in Das schriftliche Werk by Hans Christians Verlag. A selection was published by Thames and Hudson as A Sea Ringed with Visions in 1962. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

291 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 1998

About the author

Oskar Kokoschka was an Austrian artist, poet and playwright best known for his intense expressionistic portraits and landscapes.