1. Felix Salten's father was Fulop Salzmann, the telegraph office's clerk in Pest; his mother was Maria Singer.
11 Facts About Felix Salten
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When his father went bankrupt, the sixteen-year-old Felix Salten quit school and began working for an insurance agency.
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Felix Salten then became part of the "Young Vienna" movement and soon received work as a full-time art and theater critic for Vienna's press.
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Felix Salten was publishing, on an average, one book a year, of plays, short stories, novels, travel books, and essay collections.
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Felix Salten wrote for nearly all the major newspapers of Vienna.
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In Germany, Adolf Hitler had Felix Salten's books banned in 1936.
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Two years later, after Germany's annexation of Austria, Felix Salten moved to Zurich, Switzerland, with his wife, and spent his final years there.
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Felix Salten died on 8 October 1945, at the age of 76.
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Felix Salten anonymously wrote a column for Herzl's newspaper Die Welt, published a lengthy profile of Herzl after his 1904 death, and spoke at events sponsored by the Bar Kochba Society alongside Martin Buber.
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Felix Salten married actress Ottilie Metzl in 1902, and had two children: Paul and Anna Katharina, who married Swiss actor Hans Rehmann.
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Felix Salten composed another book based on the character of Bambi, titled Bambi's Children: The Story of a Forest Family.