Gregor von Rezzori (German pronunciation: [Ê É›ËˆtsoË Ê i]; May 13,
1914 â€" April 23, 1998), born Gregor Arnulph Hilarius d'Arezzo, was
an Austrian-born, Romanian, German-language novelist, memoirist,
screenwriter and author of radio plays, as well as an actor,
journalist, visual artist, art critic and art collector. He was fluent
in German, Romanian, Italian, Polish, Ukrainian, Yiddish, French, and
English; during his life, von Rezzori was successively a citizen of
Austria-Hungary, Romania, and the Soviet Union, before becoming a
stateless person and spending his final years as a citizen of Austria.
He married Beatrice Monti della Corte.Gregor von Rezzori was born in
Czernowitz, Bukovina, part of Austria-Hungary at the time (1914). He
originated from a Sicilian aristocratic family from the Province of
Ragusa who had settled in Vienna by the mid-18th century. His father
was an Austrian civil servant based in Czernowitz. The family remained
in the region after it became part of the Romanian Kingdom in 1919,
and the young Gregor von Rezzori became a Romanian citizen.After World
War I von Rezzori studied in colleges in Braşov, Fürstenfeld and
Vienna. He began studying mining at the University of Leoben, then
architecture and medicine at the University of Vienna, where he
eventually graduated in arts.In mid-1930 he moved to Bucharest, took
up military service in the Romanian Army, and made a living as an
artist. In 1938 he moved to Berlin, where he became active as a
novelist, journalist, writer in radio broadcasting, and film
production. Given his Romanian citizenship, von Rezzori was not
drafted into the Wehrmacht during World War II.
1914 â€" April 23, 1998), born Gregor Arnulph Hilarius d'Arezzo, was
an Austrian-born, Romanian, German-language novelist, memoirist,
screenwriter and author of radio plays, as well as an actor,
journalist, visual artist, art critic and art collector. He was fluent
in German, Romanian, Italian, Polish, Ukrainian, Yiddish, French, and
English; during his life, von Rezzori was successively a citizen of
Austria-Hungary, Romania, and the Soviet Union, before becoming a
stateless person and spending his final years as a citizen of Austria.
He married Beatrice Monti della Corte.Gregor von Rezzori was born in
Czernowitz, Bukovina, part of Austria-Hungary at the time (1914). He
originated from a Sicilian aristocratic family from the Province of
Ragusa who had settled in Vienna by the mid-18th century. His father
was an Austrian civil servant based in Czernowitz. The family remained
in the region after it became part of the Romanian Kingdom in 1919,
and the young Gregor von Rezzori became a Romanian citizen.After World
War I von Rezzori studied in colleges in Braşov, Fürstenfeld and
Vienna. He began studying mining at the University of Leoben, then
architecture and medicine at the University of Vienna, where he
eventually graduated in arts.In mid-1930 he moved to Bucharest, took
up military service in the Romanian Army, and made a living as an
artist. In 1938 he moved to Berlin, where he became active as a
novelist, journalist, writer in radio broadcasting, and film
production. Given his Romanian citizenship, von Rezzori was not
drafted into the Wehrmacht during World War II.
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