Robert Musil (Musil Robert)

(1880-1942)
Born November 6, 1880 in Klagenfurt, at the request of his father was in the cadet corps, but a military career did not appeal to him, he became interested in mathematics and science, then philosophy and psychology. Graduated from technical school in Brц?nn (sovr. Brno), and continuing studies in psychology, Musil in 1908 published his first novel Mental confusion pupil Terlesa (Die Verwirrungen des Zuglings Turless), attracted the attention of readers and critics, and decided to devote himself entirely to literature. After World War I Musil began work on his novel The Man Without Properties. To ensure the family, he lectured at technical school, worked as a librarian, worked in journalism. When in 1938 German troops entered Austria, Musil emigrated to Switzerland. Musil died in Geneva on April 15, 1942.

Mental confusion pupil Terlesa - the story of a teenager, pupil, a private paramilitary institution. 'School's novels', exposing teachers' arbitrariness and tyranny, were in the beginning of the century generally very popular, but Terles stands out sharply against the background. Peru Musil operates five short stories about love, united in the collections of compounds (Vereinigungen, 1911) and three women (Drei Frauen, 1924).

By design, The Man Without Properties - portrait of a man, a great city and the historical era. Manner of writing, as well as the breadth and scope of this work is comparable to the famous novels of M. Proust, Dzh.Dzhoysa and H. Broch. Intellectual character really is not deprived of property, . but, . moving away from the active life, . can now understand the opportunities - their own and society - in the hope of finding a synthesis of 'precision and soul', . 'ratsioidnogo' and 'neratsioidnogo', . to identify the writer in an essay of poetic knowledge (1918),
. 'Esseistichnost' Musil - witty retreat on various topics - has greatly contributed to the wide popularity of the book.