Background

Paul Elbogen was born on November 11, 1894, in Vienna, Austria.

Education

Elbogen obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Vienna.

Career

Elbogen began to work in the 1920s as a reader for Rikola Verlag, Vienna, and then became a chief editor of the magazine Moderne Welt in Vienna. He came to the United States during the 1930s, and served as a writer and technical adviser from 1941 to 1955 for a number of major motion picture studios, including Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Universal-International, Paramount and Columbia.

Elbogen also worked as a freelance writer and editor from 1941. During his career he edited four anthologies and published two novels, one book of essays and a collection of anthologies, including Liebste Mutter (1929, as editor; translated into English in 1942 as Dearest Mother: Letters from Famous Sons to Their Mothers, Verlassene Frauen (1933); Kometen des Geldes (1933); Dram (1949; translated in 1953 as The Jealous Mistress); Der Dunkelslern (1960); and his final book, the anthology Genius im Werden (1963, as editor).

Works

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  • The Jealous Mistress

    (The impassioned story of an amoral painter, a vintage pul...)

    1956
  • Dram

    (Roman)

    1949
  • Dearest Mother Letters of Famous Sons to Their Mothers 1942

Connections

Elbogen was married.