Franz Werfel
born Prague, Sept 10, 1890; died Beverly Hills, CA, Aug 26, 1945
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Austrian poet and writer, who played an important part in the 20th-century Verdi-renaissance, author of Verdi: Roman der Opera (Verdi: Novel of the Opera) (Berlin, 1924, 2/1930), which compared Verdi favorably to Wagner, also German translator of the libretti of La forza del destino, Simon Boccanegra, and Don Carlos, all highly successful, and author of many articles on Verdi.
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- NGDM2 (2001 and online)