Arthur Holitscher

Arthur Holitscher (22 August 1869 – 14 October 1941) was a Hungarian playwright, novelist, essayist and writer on traveling.

Born into an upper middle-class Jewish merchant family in Pest, Hungary, he began his career working for a bank for six years.

His career as a writer began in Germany in the mid-1890s.

Political involvement with Soviet Russia In September 1917, Holitscher attended the Third Zimmerwald Conference held in Stockholm in the capacity of a correspondent for the Viennese paper Neuen Freien Presse. He was also involved with the pacifist organisation Bund Neues Vaterland (New Fatherland Confederation) and was active as a socialist. This led to the publication of Drei Monate in Sowjet-Russland (Three months in Soviet Russia) in 1921.

First Russian Art Exhibition In 1922 he contributed to the foreword to the catalogue for the First Russian Art Exhibition held in Berlin.

Later life He died in Geneva in 1941.

Works Drei Monate in Sowjet-Russland (Three months in Soviet Russia), Berlin 1921. Wiedersehen mit Amerika; die Verwandlung der U.S.A. (1930) Berlin: S. Fischer Articles in Die Aktion (See Die Aktion index) "Amerikas Literatur", No. 28, 11 July 1914 "Scham und Läuterung", No. 27/28, 8 July 1916 "Die Litanei von Atlanta." (translation of material by W. E. B. Dubois), No. 21/22, 19 May 1917 "Nadja Strasser: Die Russin", No. 24/25, 16 June 1917 "Gesang an die Lider", No. 23/24, 15 June 1918 "Aufruhr", No. 8/9, 1 March 1919