Vicki Baum

Hedwig "Vicki" Baum (/baʊm/; January 24, 1888 – August 29, 1960) was an Austrian writer. She is known for the novel Menschen im Hotel ('People at a Hotel', 1929

Vicki Baum (penname of Hedwig Baum) was born in a Jewish family in Vienna, Austria. She moved to the United States in 1932.

Vicki Baum (1888-1960), a best-selling author in Austria and Germany, was born into a middle-class Jewish family in Vienna.

Vicki Baum ironically refers to herself as a “first-class writer of the second rank.” The best-selling author at the German publishing house Ullstein during

Vicki Baum is considered one of the first modern best-selling authors, and her books are reputed to be among the first examples of contemporary mainstream

She was born in Vienna and at fifteen, began working as a professional musician with the Vienna Konzertverein. She played the harp

Vicki Baum died of leukemia in Hollywood on August 29, 1960. Her memoir, It Was All Quite Different, appeared posthumously in 1964. Selected Works by

Vicki Baum (1888–1960) was born into an affluent Jewish family in Vienna. Her childhood was dominated by a depressed mother and an authoritarian, hypochondriac

Vicki Baum was born on 24 January 1888 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. She was a writer, known for Grand Hotel (1932), Week-End at the Waldorf (1945) and The Great

Austrian-born American novelist whose Menschen im Hotel (1929; “People at the Hotel”; Eng. trans. Grand Hotel) became a best-seller and was adapted as a