Ödön von Horváth, Hungarian-German author and playwright (died 1938)

Ödön von Horváth

Austro-Hungarian playwright and novelist (1901–1938)

Edmund Josef von Horváth was an Austro-Hungarian playwright and novelist who wrote in German, and went by the nom de plume Ödön von Horváth. He was one of the most critically admired writers of his generation prior to his untimely death. He enjoyed a series of successes on the…