Otternschlag, a World War I veteran whose face has been sliced in half by a shell. Relationships: Bondage / Submission, Breeches Rippers, Coming of Age, Disability, Gay for You, Male Pregnancy, May / December, Ménage a trois (or more.'A grand hotel in the center of 1920s Berlin serves as a microcosm of the modern world in Vicki Baum's celebrated novel, a Weimar-era bestseller that retains all its verve and luster today. Possible Futures: Apocalypse Now & Back to the Future Otherwordly Lovers: Angels, Demons & Ghosts Non Conventional Lovers: Elves, Gods, Deity & Witches, Furry Lovers, Shapeshifters & Vampires

Men in Uniform: Cops / Detectives / PIs, Firefighters & Military Genres: Contemporary, Fantasy, Futuristic, Historical & Paranormal Men! (hustlers) & Virgins (at least in one way) Vicki Baum is considered one of the first modern bestselling authors, and her books are reputed to be among the first examples of contemporary mainstream literature.Ĭreate your own visited map of The United StatesĬharacters: Alpha Males, Cinderfellas (from rags to riches.), Friends (with benefits), Multicultural Lovers, Pretty. Vicki Baum died of leukemia in Hollywood, California, in 1960. The book was about a family that was caught in the massacre in Bali in 1906. Her post-World War II works were written in English, rather than in German.īaum visited Bali in 1935 – and as a conseqeunce she wrote Liebe und Tod auf Bali (A Tale from Bali) which was published in (1937). She wrote more than 50 novels, and at least ten were adapted as motion pictures in Hollywood. Her memoir, It Was All Quite Different, was published posthumously in 1964.

She emigrated to the United States with her family after being invited to write the screenplay for the film.

She is most famous for her 1929 novel Menschen im Hotel which was made into an Academy Award winning film, Grand Hotel. Her first book, Frühe Schatten, was published when she was 31. During World War I she worked for a short time as a nurse.īaum began writing in her teens. Richard was the brother of stage director Ernst Lert. She was married twice: first, from 1914, to Max Prels, an Austrian journalist who introduced her to the Viennese cultural scene and, from 1916, to Richard Lert, a conductor and her best friend since their childhood days. She later worked as a journalist for the magazine Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung, published by Ullstein-Verlag in Berlin. She studied at the Vienna Conservatory and played in an orchestra in Germany for three years. She began her artistic career as a musician playing the harp. She is known for Menschen im Hotel ('People at a Hotel', 1929), one of her first international successes.īaum was born in Vienna into a Jewish family. Elisa_rolle Hedwig (Vicki) Baum (Hebrew: ויקי באום‎ Janu– August 29, 1960) was an Austrian writer.

Menschen im Hotel by Vicki Baum