Gregor von Rezzori: Biography, Literary Works, Filmography, Further Reading, and a List of Books by Author Gregor von Rezzori

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Gregor von Rezzori (born Gregor Arnulph Hilarius d'Arezzo; May 13, 1914 - April 23, 1998) was an Austrian-born German-language novelist, memoirist, screenwriter and author of radio plays, as well as an actor, journalist, visual artist, art critic and art collector. He was fluent in German, Romanian, Italian, Polish, Ukrainian, Yiddish, French, and English; during his life, von Rezzori was successively a citizen of Austria-Hungary, Romania, and the Soviet Union, before becoming a stateless person and spending his final years as a citizen of Austria. He married Beatrice Monti della Corte.

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Rezzori began his career as a writer of light novels, but he first encountered success in 1953 with the Maghrebinian Tales, a suite of droll stories and anecdotes from an imaginary land called "Maghrebinia", which reunited in a grotesque and parodic key traits of his multicultural Bukovinian birthplace, of extinct Austria-Hungary and of Bucharest of his youth. Over the years, Rezzori published further Maghrebinian Tales, which increased his reputation of language virtuosity and free spirit, writing with wit, insight and elegance.

Other books, such as The Death of My Brother Abel, Oedipus at Stalingrad, or The Snows of Yesteryear, recording the fading world at the time of the World Wars, have been celebrated for their powerful descriptive prose, nuance and style.

Von Rezzori first came to the attention of English-speaking readers with the 1969 publication of the story "Memoirs of an Anti-Semite," in The New Yorker. On this occasion, Elie Wiesel, who was born in Bukovina's neighboring Maramure?, wrote:

"Rezzori addresses the major problems of our time, and his voice echoes with the disturbing and wonderful magic of a true storyteller."

In his Guide for Idiots through the German Society, von Rezzori also used his noted taste for satire. Although he was not unanimously perceived as a major author in the German-speaking area, his posthumous reception has arguably confirmed him among the most important modern German-language authors.

Published titles

Flamme, die sich verzehrt ("Self-extinguishing Flame", novel, 1940)
Rombachs einsame Jahre, ("Rombach's Lonely Years", novel, 1942)
Rose Manzani (novel, 1944)
Maghrebinische Geschichten ("Tales of Maghrebinia", 1953)
Ödipus siegt bei Stalingrad ("Oedipus at Stalingrad", 1954)
Männerfibel, 1955
Ein Hermelin in Tschernopol. Ein maghrebinischer Roman ("The Hussar", 1958)
Bogdan im Knoblauchwald. Ein maghrebinisches Märchen ("Bogdan in the Garlic Forest. A Maghrebinian Tale", 1962)
Die Toten auf ihre Plätze. Tagebuch des Films Viva Maria ("The Dead on their Places. Journal of the Movie 'Viva Maria'", 1966)
1001 Jahr Maghrebinien. Eine Festschrift (1967)
Der Tod meines Bruders Abel ("The Death of My Brother Abel", novel, 1976)
Greif zur Geige, Frau Vergangenheit (novel, 1978)
Denkwürdigkeiten eines Antisemiten ("The Memoirs of an Anti-Semite", 1979)
Der arbeitslose König. Maghrebinisches Märchen ("The Jobless King. A Maghrebinian Tale", 1981)
A Stranger in Lolitaland. An Essay, first published in English by Vanity Fair
Blumen im Schnee — Portraitstudien zu einer Autobiographie, die ich nie schreiben werde. Auch: Versuch der Erzählweise eines gleicherweise nie geschriebenen Bildungsromans ("The Snows Of Yesteryear", autobiographical essays, 1989)
Über dem Kliff ("Beyond the Cliff", stories, 1991)
Idiotenführer durch die Deutsche Gesellschaft. Hochadel, Adel, Schickeria, Prominenz ("Guide for Idiots through the German Society. Aristocracy, Swells, Notables", 1992)
Begegnungen ("Encounters", 1992)
Greisengemurmel. Ein Rechenschaftsbericht (1994)
Italien, Vaterland der Legenden, Mutterland der Mythen. Reisen durch die europäischen Vaterländer oder wie althergebrachte Gemeinplätze durch neue zu ersetzen sind (1996)
Frankreich. Gottesland der Frauen und der Phrasen. Reisen durch die europäischen Vaterländer oder wie althergebrachte Gemeinplätze durch neue zu ersetzen sind (1997)
Mir auf der Spur ("On My Own Traces", 1997)
Kain. Das letzte Manuskript (posthumous novel, 2001)

Awards

Theodor-Fontane-Preis (1959)
Premio Scanno (1987)
Premio Boccaccio
Premio Lorenzo Il Magnifico

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Total Books: 64

Abel and Cain (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781681373256
ISBN-10: 1681373254
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Anecdotage a Summation (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780374222956
ISBN-10: 0374222959
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs

Begegnungen [German Edition] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9783224176874
ISBN-10: 3224176873
Genre: Literature & Fiction

Blumen Im Schnee (Other) → Paperback
ISBN-13: 9783833303142
ISBN-10: 383330314X

Blumen Im Schnee Portratstudien Zu Einer Autobiographie Die Ich Nie Schreiben Werde Auch Versuch Der Erzahlweise Eines Gleicherweise Nie Geschriebenen Bildungsromans [German Edition] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9783570082966
ISBN-10: 3570082962
Genre: Literature & Fiction

The Death of My Brother Abel (Paperback) → Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780140096903
ISBN-10: 0140096906
Genre: Literature & Fiction

Denkwrdigkeiten Eines Antisemiten (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9783833301261
ISBN-10: 3833301260

Der Schwan Eine Erzahlung [German Edition] (Other)
ISBN-13: 9783442427321
ISBN-10: 3442427320

Der Tod Meines Bruders Abel Roman [German Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9783570021767
ISBN-10: 3570021769

Die Marchesa Und Andere Geschichten [German Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9783784420905
ISBN-10: 3784420907

Die Schonsten Maghrebinischen Geschichten [German Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9783498097837
ISBN-10: 3498097830

Dipus Siegt Bei Stalingrad (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9783833303067
ISBN-10: 3833303069

Disincantato Ritorno (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9788838911033
ISBN-10: 8838911037

Edipo En Stalingrado [Narrativa Sexto Piso - Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9788496867680
ISBN-10: 8496867684
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Humor & Entertainment

Ein Hermelin in Tschernopol (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9783833301469
ISBN-10: 3833301465

The Ermine of Czernopol [New York Review Books Classics] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781590173411
ISBN-10: 1590173414
Genre: Literature & Fiction