Stefan Zweig (/zwaɪɡ, swaɪɡ/; German: [ˈʃtɛ.fan t͡svaɪ̯k]; 28 November 1881 – 22 February 1942) was an Austrian novelist, playwright, journalist, and biographer. At the height of his literary career, in the 1920s and 1930s, he was one of the most widely translated and popular writers in the world.