It was made into a stage play in berlin in 1929, directed by max reinhardt, and an academy award winning film, grand hotel, in 1932. Vicki baum deutschland, um sich in kalifornien niederzulassen. Born in vienna, vicki baum began her career as a professional harpist but her success as a short story writer led her to leave music. Her major book, menschen im hotel people in a hotel, 1929, was the first to introduce the genre of hotel novels. Dorland, berlin alle deutschen verlagsrechte bei vicki baum. Janine wergin studienarbeit aus dem jahr 2003 im fachbereich germanistik neuere deutsche literatur, note. Menschen im hotel epub vicki baum achat ebook fnac. Vicki baum menschen im hotel roman ein ullstein buch ullstein buch nr. Menschen im hotel, published 1929 vicki baum 18881960 grand hotel, would be the name by which this work would have reached worldwide fame. Baum is most famous for her 1929 novel menschen im hotel people at a hotel, which introduced the genre of the hotel novel. This story about a fading ballerina, a shady nobleman and other types who in one weekend pass through an elegant hotel was told with an acute perception of minor detail, derived from a sixweek stint as a parlor maid in a.
She died on august 29, 1960 in hollywood, california, usa. She was a writer, known for the great flamarion 1945, weekend at the waldorf 1945 and grand hotel 1932. A grand hotel in the center of 1920s berlin serves as a microcosm of the modern world in vicki baums celebrated novel, a weimarera bestseller that retains all its verve and luster today. The screenplay was written by ladislas fodor and hans jacoby, based on the 1929 novel by vicki baum. Of her 25 novels, the best known is menschen im hotel 1929. Vicki baum 18881960 was born into an affluent jewish family in vienna. Vicki baum was born on january 24, 1888 in vienna, austriahungary as hedwig baum. She is known for the novel menschen im hotel people at a hotel, 1929 published in english as grand hotel, one of her first international successes. A grand hotel in the center of 1920s berlin serves as a microcosm of the modern world in vicki baum s celebrated novel, a weimarera bestseller that retains all its verve and luster today. January 24, 1888 august 29, 1960 was an austrian writer. Nach dem zweiten weltkrieg bereiste sie verschiedene lander in europa, allerdings nie wieder deutschland. Vicki baum nee le 24 janvier 1888 a vienne et decedee le 29 aout 1960 etait une romanciere americanoautrichienne. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The nook book ebook of the grand hotel by vicki baum at barnes.
If movies are the crown of entertainment, so this book is most of all a book of entertainment. Mit menschen im hotel erlangt sie internationale anerkennung. Vicki baum wiederentdecken mit ihren besten romanen. The wellborn and the downtrodden live out their fates against the backdrop of a berlin luxury hotel in baums 1929 bestseller. Otternschlag, a world war i veteran whose face has been sliced in half by a shell. Baum emigrated to the united states with her family after being invited to write the. It should not be confused with berlin hotel original german hotel berlin, published in 1945, which deals with the situation in germany towards the end of world war ii. Sie schrieb hauptsachlich romane zum teil in englischer sprache. Grand hotel, 1930, which became a worldwide best seller and a popular film. Grand hotel by vicki baum overdrive rakuten overdrive. Vicki baum, geboren 1888 als tochter einer judischburgerlichen familie in wien, gestorben 1960 in hollywood. The legacy of baums novel is not just the 1932 mgm film starring john barrymore and greta garbo and the 1980s broadway musical, but all those starstuffed movies and fat popular novelsthe high and the mighty and airport among themin which some institution.