Werfel

[ German ver-fuhl ]

noun

1. Franz [f, r, ahnts], 1890–1945, Austrian novelist, poet, and dramatist, born in Austria-Hungary: in the U.S. after 1939.

Werfel

/ ˈvɛrfəl /

noun

1. WerfelFranz18901945MAustro-HungarianWRITING: poetWRITING: novelistTHEATRE: dramatist Franz (frants). 1890–1945, Austro-Hungarian poet, novelist, and dramatist of the German expressionist movement. His novels include The Forty Days of Musa Dagh (1933) and The Song of Bernadette (1941)