Correspondence to Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel, 1943-ca. 1947.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Monter, Rudolph.

Contributor:

Werfel, Albine, 1870-1964.

Language:

English

German

Physical Description:

6 items (12 leaves)

Contained In:

Mahler-Werfel Papers. Folder 843.

Place of Publication:

1943-ca. 1947.

Language Note:

In German and English.

Biography/History:

Monter acted as an agent for Franz Werfel and was possibly an attorney; his office was in Hollywood. Albine Werfel was Franz's mother and the addressee of 2 letters from Monter.

Summary:

2 items from Monter to Franz Werfel concern negotiations pertaining to dramatizations of Werfel's novel Embezzled Heaven and of his play Jacobowsky and the Colonel. 3 items comprise a correspondence between Monter and Albine Werfel concerning a dispute over the interpretation of Franz Werfel's will, in which Alma Mahler was named as sole heir, to the exclusion of Werfel's mother and sisters.

Notes:

Includes 1 letter from Albine Werfel to Monter.