Arthur schnitzler biography

Biography

Arthur Schnitzler was born the son of the Jewish doctor Johann Schnitzler, a throat specialist, on May 15, 1862 in Vienna. His mother, Louise, belonged to a wealthy, well respected Viennese family whereas his father had worked his way up to the rank of the director of the Viennese Polyclinic.

Already as a child Arthur began to write his first plays but abandoned writing in order to study medicine at the University of Vienna, where he received his doctorate in 1885.

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He worked at Vienna’s General Hospital and later assisted his father in the Polyclinic. Eventually, he opened his own private practice which allowed him to dedicate more and more of his time to his literary endeavors.

As a young doctor Schnitzler had written articles for medical journals but now he began writing for the theater again which was encouraged by his lover, the actress Adele Sandrock. He published his first book entitled Sterben with the publishing house Fischer in 1895. 

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