Leo Perutz
Also known as Leopold Perutz
Austrian mathematician and writer (1882-1957)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1882
- Died
- 1957
- Works
- 94
Top works
- Zwischen neun und neun
- Ben teshaʻ le-teshaʻ
- Die Reise nach Pressburg
- Ba-lailah mi-taḥat le-gesher ha-even
- Švédský jezdec
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Leopold Perutz (2 November 1882 – 25 August 1957) was an Austrian novelist and mathematician. Born in Prague, he lived in Vienna until the Nazi Anschluss in 1938, when he emigrated to Palestine.
According to the biographical note on the Arcade Publishing editions of the English translations of his novels, Leo was a mathematician who formulated an algebraic equation which is named after him; he worked as a statistician for an insurance company. He was related to the biologist Max Perutz.
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1882 births1957 deaths20th-century Austrian male writers20th-century Austrian mathematicians20th-century Austrian novelistsAustrian emigrants to Mandatory PalestineAustrian fantasy writersAustrian horror writersAustrian male novelistsBiography articles needing translation from German WikipediaBurials at the Bad Ischl FriedhofGerman-language Czech writers