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Franz Werfel papers, 1910-1944
LSC.0512
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Title: Franz Werfel papers
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0512
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
18.5 linear feet
(37 boxes and 1 oversize box)
Date: 1910-1944
Abstract: Franz Werfel (1890-1945) was one of the founders of the expressionist movement in German literature. In 1940, he fled the
Nazis and settled in the U.S. He wrote one of his most popular novels,
Song of Bernadette, in 1941. The collection consists of materials found in Werfel's study at the time of his death. Includes correspondence,
manuscripts, clippings and printed materials, pictures, artifacts, periodicals, and books.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance through our electronic
paging system using the request button located on this page. Werfel's desk on permanent loan to the Villa Aurora in Pacific
Palisades.
Creator:
Werfel, Franz, 1890-1945
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Papers cannot be published except with the permission of Marina Mahler.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in
advance through our electronic paging system using the request button located on this page.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Alma Mahler Werfel, 1948-1956.
[Identification of item], Franz Werfel Papers (Collection 512). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
3467237
Franz Werfel was born September 10, 1890 in Prague, Bohemia; one of the founders of the expressionist movement in German literature,
Werfel began writing poetry when still a boy and published his first play when 20; published first book of verse in 1911;
plays
Goat Song (1922) and
Juarez and Maximilian (1925) were successfully produced in Europe and New York; published novel,
Verdi, in 1924; married Alma Mahler, composer Gustav Mahler's widow, in 1929; in 1940 fled Nazis to U.S.; wrote one of his most
popular novels,
Song of Bernadette, in 1941; died of a heart attack on August 26, 1945 in Beverly Hills.
Collection consists of materials found in Werfel's study at the time of his death. Includes correspondence, manuscripts (including
Das Lied von Bernadette and
Jacobowsky un der Oberst), clippings and printed materials, pictures, artifacts, periodicals, and books. Correspondents include Alma Mahler Werfel
and Lion Feuchtwanger.
Collection has materials in English and German.
Arranged in the following series:
- Correspondence (Boxes 1-4).
- Notebooks (Boxes 5-6, 37).
- Manuscripts (Boxes 7-17, 37).
- Magazines and clippings (Boxes 18-21, 23).
- Letters, contracts, telegrams, ephemera (Box 22).
- Werfel's library (Boxes 24-33).
- Objects, microfilm (Boxes 34-36).
NOTE: The collection was arranged by John M. Spalek. His checklist follows the register, annotated with Box numbers for location
of material.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Feuchtwanger, Lion, 1884-1958--Correspondence.
Feuchtwanger, Lion, 1884-1958.
Mahler, Alma, 1879-1964 -- Correspondence.
Werfel, Franz, 1890-1945--Archives.
Authors, Austrian--20th century--Archives.
Dramatists, German--20th century--Archives.