Given his stance, he saw it necessary to flee to London in 1934, where he acquired English citizenship. His written work reflects how strongly he condemned such a political experiment based on terror. The advancement of Nazi Germany changed things dramatically for everyone, and he was no exception. It has been stated that in the interwar period he was the most translated writer and, probably, the most widely read of his contemporaries, at least in Europe. His literary career, which he embraced from an early age, was brilliant. The Hohe Markt in Vienna, signed and dated Stillfried 1898, watercolour on paper (click or tap to enlarge) | Public Domain via Wikimedia Commonsĭuring World War I, he moved to Salzburg (where he sent the postcard at right in 1927), but due to his pacifist philosophy he ended up living for a few years in the more neutral Zurich - later he would return to his home country.

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