Joseph

Moses Joseph Roth was born on September 2, 1894. He studied Literature and Philosophy at the University of Vienna, where he decided to volunteer for the army to fight in World War I. This experience marked him forever, and along with the nostalgia he felt for a disappearing world, they would define his literary universe. Roth profoundly depicts the soul of his characters amidst the great social changes in Europe.

His work reflects the uprooting and existential crisis caused by the collapse of the empire in which he had grown up. Exiled in Paris after the rise of Nazism, Roth continued to write. He died in 1939 as a result of the effects of alcoholism and depression. Despite his tragic end, his literary legacy remains more alive than ever, especially for his ability to capture the end of an era and the disillusionment of a transforming world.