Robert Musil | |
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Born | Klagenfurt, Austria-Hungary | 6 November 1880
Died | 15 April 1942 Geneva, Switzerland | (aged 61)
Occupation | Novelist, short story writer, playwright |
Nationality | Austrian |
Alma mater | University of Berlin |
Period | 1905–1942 |
Literary movement | Modernism |
Notable works | The Confusions of Young Törless The Man Without Qualities |
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Robert Musil (German: [ˈʁoːbɛʁt ˈmuːzɪl]; 6 November 1880 – 15 April 1942) was an Austrian philosophical writer. His unfinished novel, The Man Without Qualities (German: Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften), is generally considered to be one of the most important and influential modernist novels.