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Maria Lazar
1895–1948
A sharp, once-overlooked Austrian writer, journalist, translator, and dramatist, she is now being rediscovered for fiction that saw the dangers of her time with unusual clarity. Born in Vienna and later driven into exile in Scandinavia, she wrote with urgency, wit, and a striking feel for political and emotional pressure.
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Die Vergiftung
by Maria Lazar
About the author
Born in Vienna on November 22, 1895, Maria Lazar became known as an Austrian writer, journalist, translator, and dramatist. She also published under the names Esther Grenen and Hermann Huber, and her work moved across fiction, essays, and the stage.
In the 1920s and 1930s, she wrote in the German-speaking literary world while also working as a translator and contributing to newspapers. As political conditions worsened, she left for exile in Scandinavia; she died in Stockholm on March 30, 1948.
For many years, her work remained far less known than it deserved, but readers and scholars have increasingly returned to it. That renewed attention has highlighted how powerfully her writing captured the anxieties, ruptures, and moral strain of interwar Europe.