In 1900, he published his first collection of short stories. He became part of the " Young Vienna" movement ( Jung-Wien) and soon received work as a full-time art and theater critic for Vienna's press ( Wiener Allgemeine Zeitung, Zeit). He also began submitting poems and book reviews to journals. When his father went bankrupt, the sixteen-year-old Salten quit school and began working for an insurance agency. When he was four weeks old, his family relocated to Vienna, as many Jews did after the Imperial government had granted full citizenship rights to Jews in 1867. He was the grandson of an Orthodox rabbi. His father was Fülöp Salzmann, the telegraph office's clerk in Pest his mother was Maria Singer. Salten was born Siegmund Salzmann on 6 September 1869 in Pest, Austria-Hungary. Israelitischer Friedhof (Friesenberg), Fluntern, Zurich, Switzerlandįelix Salten ( German: 6 September 1869 – 8 October 1945) was an Austro-Hungarian author and literary critic in Vienna.
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