KARL EMIL FRANZOS
\kˈɑːl ˈɛmɪl fɹˈanzə͡ʊz], \kˈɑːl ˈɛmɪl fɹˈanzəʊz], \k_ˈɑː_l ˈɛ_m_ɪ_l f_ɹ_ˈa_n_z_əʊ_z]\
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An Austrian novelist; born in Podolia, Oct. 25, 1848, of Jewish parentage. First studying jurisprudence, he became a newspaper correspondent, traveled extensively in Europe and Asia, edited an illustrated paper in Vienna, and finally studied in Berlin as a man of letters. His first volume-"Semi-Asia: Pictures of Life in Galicia, Bukowina, Southern Russia, and Roumania" (1876)-was a brilliant success all over Europe, being translated everywhere; and he has maintained high rank. Among his lively and graceful novels are: "A Struggle for the Right" (1881); "Tragic Stories" (1886); "Judith Trachtenberg" (1890); "The Old Doctor's God" (1892); "The Truth-Seeker" (1894). Died Berlin, Jan. 31, 1904.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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