He also suffered the fate of many other great Jewish minds of the time: fleeing Austria (in 1939) to escape Nazi persecution.Įqually, Salten played an active and influential role in various cultural movements far removed from run-of-the-mill fodder for Hollywood. Salten was a long-time resident of Vienna and this new exhibition introduces us to his wider life and work outside authorship of a much-loved coming-of-age novel.Īfter all, Salten lived through some of the more momentous historical periods of modern history: the demise of the Habsburg monarchy, fascist rule, and two world wars. Now you might imagine Salten to be a wizened old man in New York who wrote fondly of childhood memories in Oregon while making wooden toys for his grandchildren. Felix Salten (1869 – 1945) published Bambi, a Life in the Woods in 1922. What you might not be familiar with (or at least I wasn’t) is the book the film is based on. “I’m thumpin’! That’s why they call me Thumper!” Photo © Wienbibliothek im Rathaus)Įveryone knows Bambi, thanks to the 1942 animated Disney film. (Group photo with Marlene Dietrich, USA, 1930.
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