Roth, Joseph (1894-1939)

Austrian novelist and critic. He depicted the decay of the Austrian Empire before 1914 in such novels as Savoy Hotel 1924, Radetsky Marsch/The Radetsky March 1932, and (after he moved to Paris 1933) Die hundert Tage/The Hundred Days 1936. He worked as a journalist during the 1920s in several European capitals. His novels defy easy classification; he stayed aloof from literary groups of his time.