Arthur Schnitzler

Arthur Schnitzler (1862-1931), son of a well-known laryngologist in Vienna, was awarded his doctorate in medicine in 1885 and worked as an assistant at the general hospital before devoting himself to writing. From 1879 until his death he kept a diary in which he noted his dreams and his examinations of conscience. Freud wrote to him in 1922 that he had avoided him for fear of meeting his double. His books were burned in 1933, and his papers, sealed in 1938 on the initiative of an English student, were saved in Cambridge.

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