Alfred Polgar

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Alfred Polgar (name at birth: Alfred Polak, pseudonyms: Archibald Douglas, L. A. Terne; born 17 October 1873, Leopoldstadt - 24 April 1955, Zürich) was an Austrian-born journalist, one of the renowned wits of the Vienna coffeehouses. He left Austria in 1938, and later worked in Hollywood.^[1]

He was known as a drama critic, in Berlin 1925 to 1933, and an essayist. He died in Zurich.^[2]

Notes

1. ^ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13887172
2. ^ http://www.answers.com/topic/alfred-polgar

External links

• Biography at washington.edu
• AEIOU biography
• Biography
• IMDB page
• Slate essay, by Clive James

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