author
Franz Werfel
1890–1945
A Prague-born writer of novels, plays, and poetry, he brought big moral questions to life through vivid stories of faith, exile, and human courage. He is especially remembered for The Forty Days of Musa Dagh and The Song of Bernadette.
4 Audiobooks
Nicht der Mörder, der Ermordete ist schuldig: Eine Novelle
by Franz Werfel
Gesänge aus den drei Reichen: Ausgewählte Gedichte
by Franz Werfel
Kuoleman voittaja
by Franz Werfel
About the author
Born in Prague on September 10, 1890, Franz Werfel became one of the notable German-language writers of the early 20th century. He was associated with Expressionism and worked across several forms, including poetry, drama, and the novel.
His life was shaped by the upheavals of two world wars. A Jewish writer who fled Nazi rule, he eventually reached the United States and later became an American citizen. That experience of displacement and survival helped deepen the spiritual and historical themes that run through his work.
Werfel is best known today for The Forty Days of Musa Dagh, a novel inspired by the Armenian genocide, and The Song of Bernadette, which brought him wide international fame. He died in Beverly Hills on August 26, 1945, leaving behind a body of work marked by compassion, intensity, and a lasting concern for human dignity.