Literature	Alfred Polgar 1873-1955
Chronology 1873 Alfred Polgar is born Alfred Polak on October 17 in Vienna, the youngest of three children 1895 Editor of the newspaper Wiener Allgemeine Zeitung, at first covering court and parliamentary issues and later moving to the culture section 1899 Polgar leaves the Leopoldstadt and moves to the 9th district 1904 Works for the Wiener Sonn-und Montagszeitung, a liberal newspaper which resents Karl Lueger 1905 Starts working for Siegfried Jacobsohn’s journal Die Schaubühne, in which Polgar publishes most of his theater reviews; also publishes Goethe. Eine Groteske in zwei Bildern and Der Petroleumkönig oder Donauzauber 1908 Publishes his first book Der Quell des Übels 1914 Changes his name to Polgar 1914-18 During WW I Polgar primarily works at the War Archive with several short stints at the war front, publishes anti-war essays in the weekly paper Der Friede 1925-33 Polgar spends more and more time in Berlin, has his most productive years 1925 Marries Elise Loewy 1939 Loses his Austrian citizenship, signs a one-year contract with Metro Goldwyn Meyer, emigrates to flee the Nazis 1940 Arrives in New York, travels to Hollywood in order to work as a script writer 1943 Publishes in several American journals, moves back to New York 1945 Becomes US citizen 1949 Travels back to Europe where he settles down in Zurich 1951 Receives the Austrian Preis für Publizistik 1955 Polgar dies at the age of 82 on April 24 in a hotel in Zurich