Alexander Roda Roda (April 13, 1872 - August 20, 1945) was the pen name of Alexander/Sándor Friedrich Ladislaus Rosenfeld, an Austrian Jewish writer.
[edit] Biography
Rosenfeld was born either in Drnowitz/Drnovice in Moravia or in Zdenci, Slavonia (near Virovitica).[clarification needed] He died in New York. In 1902 quit the military career and became a journalist (during World War I he was war correspondent); he contributed to "Simplicissimus". In 1938 he emigrated in the USA. He wrote many comedies(Der König von Crucina, 1892; Bubi, 1912, with G. Meyrink), tales and novels (Soldatengeschichten, 2 voll., 1904; Der Ehegarten, 1913, Der Schnaps, der Rauchtabak und die verfluchte Liebe, 1908; Die Panduren, 1935) and autobiographical books(Irrfahrten eines Humoristen 1914-1919, 1920; Roda Rodas Roman, 1925).
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- 1892 - "Der Gutsherr von Ljublin"
- 1906 - "Eines Esels Kinnbacken"
- 1908 - "Von Bienen, Drohnen und Baronen"
- 1909 - "Bummler,Schummler und Rossetummler"
- 1913 - "500(Fünfhundert) Schwänke"
- 1925 - "Roda Rodas Roman" "Roda Roda Erzählt"
- 1927 - "Donner und Doria"
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