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Schillerplatz (1.)

Franz Werfel

(Praha 1890 - Beverly Hills, Calif. 1945)
Austrian-Bohemian novelist, playwright, and poet. Author of The Forty Days of Musa Dagh (1933), a novel based on events during the Armenian Genocide of 1915
(Wikipedia)

Ohan Petrosyan & Roland Martirosyan
1998

Beschreibung / Description

Granite stele with a bust of Werfel. On the side of the stele a relief of a few mountains (?).

Beschriftung(en) / Inscription(s)

ՄՈԽՎ ԼԵՌ

FRANZ
WERFEL

prag 1890-1945 beverly

hills

in dankbarkeit
und hochachtung
das armenische volk

Armenian text ok?

Signiert / Signature

architekt / roland martirosjan
bildhauer / ohan petrosjan

Anmerkung / Annotation

Monument commissioned by Armenia. It was unveiled on 9 October 1998 the auspices of Armenian foreign minister Vartan Oskanian and the mayor of Vienna.

Künstler*innen / Artists

Roland Martirosyan, Armenian architect.
Ohan Petrosyan - Օհան Պետրոսյան (1941), Armenian sculptor.

Quellen & Informationen / Sources & Information

Kunst und Kultur Wien, Denkmäler im Bereich der Wiener Ringstraße.
Wikipedia, Schillerplatz (Wien).
Asbarez, Franz Werfel Memorial Unveiled in Vienna.
Stadt Wien, Kulturgut.

Stichworte / Tags

Lage / Location (N 48°12'8" - E 16°21'54") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: atwi031; Photograph: 9 September 2012
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