Leo Perutz Leo Perutz was born in Prague in 1882, a successful if self-proclaimed forgotten writer and an accomplished mathematician, has been hailed as one of Austrias foremost authors of the twentieth century by such writers as Ian Fleming, Italo Calvino, Graam Greene, Jorge Luis Borges, and Hermann Broch. His historical and fantastic novels, which offer thoughtful examinations of the unsettled identity of Freuds Vienna, hint of the mysterious, metaphysical, and enigmatic. Forced to emigrate in 1938, Perutz spent his latter years between Israel and Austria. He died in 1957 in Bad Ischl. Read More Read Less