Walter von Molo

Born on June 14, 1880, in Šternberk in Moravia, Walter von Molo grew up in Vienna and first trained as an engineer, later working in the Vienna patent office before turning fully to literature. He went on to become a prolific writer in German, publishing novels, dramas, poetry, and especially historical and biographical works.

He was widely known for books on major cultural and political figures, including Friedrich Schiller, Frederick II of Prussia, Prince Eugene, and Martin Luther. Sources also describe him as a co-founder of the German PEN Club, and he was a member of the Prussian Academy of Arts.

In later years he lived in Murnau in Bavaria. He died on October 27, 1958. Today he is remembered above all for writing history in a popular, story-driven way that connected literary biography with the historical novel.