Alexander Roda Roda

Alexander Roda Roda was Austrian writer.

Roda Roda was born as andor Friedrich Rosenfeld in Drnowitz, Moravia, AustroHungarian Monarchy . His sister was the physician Gisela Januszewska. As a child, he moved with his family to Slavonia. He Germanized his name from andor to Alexander, and his surname from Rosenfeld to Roda Roda. Roda is the Croatian word for stork. He chose his new surname because storks nested on the chimney of his house in Esseg . He spent more thanyears living and working in Osijek and Slavonia. In 1894, Roda Roda converted from Judaism to Catholicism. In 1902, Roda Roda quit the military career and became a journalist he contributed to the German satitrical magazine Simplicissimus. In 1938, he emigrated to the USA. He wrote many comedies , tales and novels , and autobiographical books . He died in New York City. Until his death, Roda Roda considered Esseg to be his hometown.

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