Writing · Writer · Adaptation · Screenplay
Born Sep 16, 1908 · Vienna, Austria
Active 1937–1979 · Awards: Grand Austrian State Prize for Literature, Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Preis der Stadt Wien für Publizistik, Berufstitel Professor, Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Friedrich Torberg (16 September 1908, Vienna, Alsergrund – 10 November 1979, Vienna) is the pen-name of Friedrich Kantor, an Austrian writer.