Arthur Schnitzler

Arthur Schnitzler was born in 1862 in Vienna. After finishing school he studied medicine, he received his doctorate and then specialised in laryngology in 1885; from 1888 to 1893 he was an assistant to his
father at the General Hospital in Vienna; after his father’s death he opened a private practice. In 1886 his first publications appeared in journals, in 1888 his first stage script, in 1893 his first world premiere, in 1895 his first book, the novella “Sterben”. He built lifelong friendships with Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Felix Salten, Richard Beer-Hofmann and Hermann Bahr. His dramatic and narrative works develop in parallel. The individual human being always forms the center of his works, which are entirely set in
Vienna at the turn of the century. Arthur Schnitzler never left his birthplace (except for some brief trips in Austria); he died there on October 21, 1931.
Arthur Schnitzler’s novellas are a selection of exquisite short stories, which we have translated from the original German-Austrian text into Armenian. They illustrate, in an entertaining and exciting way, the ground-breaking innovations in his literature during this era.