Stefan Zweig (28 November 1881 – 22 February 1942) was an Austrian novelist, playwright, journalist and biographer. At the height of his literary career, in the 1920s and 1930s, he was one of the most popular writers in the world. Famous novels of the author Stefan Zweig: Letter from an Unknown Woman, Amok, Moonbeam Alley, Fear, Confusion, Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman, Buchmendel, Beware of Pity, The Royal Game, The Post Office Girl.