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Zweig

American  
[zwahyg, swahyg, tsvahyk] / zwaɪg, swaɪg, tsvaɪk /

noun

  1. Arnold 1887–1968, German novelist, essayist, and dramatist.

  2. Stefan 1881–1942, Austrian dramatist, critic, biographer, and novelist.


Zweig British  
/ tsvaik /

noun

  1. Arnold (ˈarnɔlt). 1887–1968, German novelist, famous for his realistic war novel The Case of Sergeant Grischa (1927)

  2. Stefan (ˈʃtɛfan). 1881–1942, Austrian novelist, dramatist, essayist, and poet

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Columnist Jason Zweig explains how some new funds squeeze 14% yields out of stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal May 1, 2026

Refined by investing legends such as Martin Zweig, William O’Neil and Jesse Livermore over the past century, this strategy posits that stock-price trends tend to persist.

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When Austrian novelist Stefan Zweig called Brazil the “land of the future” in 1941, he meant it as praise.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 22, 2025

“It just felt like a gut punch,” Stefan Zweig said.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 3, 2025

Zweig devotes to Jeremiah a dramatic poem, which I propose to analyse, making extensive quotations.

From The Forerunners by Romain Rolland

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