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Arts & Literature
Alfred Polgar
Who
Alfred Polgar · Arts & Literature
What
Literary & drama critic
When
1873, Vienna, Austria — 1955, Zurich, Switzerland
Where
Austria · United States · Switzerland
Biography
Alfred Polgar is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Literary & drama critic
How & why
Alfred Polgar was an Austrian writer, critic and master of the feuilleton, one of the most admired stylists of Viennese coffeehouse literature, prized for his concise, ironic essays and theatre criticism. Forced to flee the Nazis, he emigrated via France to the United States and later returned to Europe. He was Jewish.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Literary & Drama Critics
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Literary & drama critic
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Literary & Drama Critics
