Neumann was born in
Lautenburg, Germany (now Poland). He was a recipient of the
Kleist Prize in 1926 and his writings were
banned during the Third Reich. His novel
Der Patriot was turned into a play and
filmed in 1928, directed by
Ernst Lubitsch. The film was
remade in France in 1938 directed by
Maurice Tourneur. He was working in Italy when
Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933. The
Nazi party seized all his property due to his Jewish heritage. He remained in Italy until 1938 when he moved to France.
Books published (incomplete list): • Life of Christina of Sweden • Man of December • Mirror of fools • New Caesar • The friends of the people • Six of them • The Devil ==References==