Writer
Vicki Baum
Born 1888-01-24Died 1960-08-29aged 72
Vicki Baum (1888–1960) is best known for Idiot's Delight and Grand Hotel.
Hedwig "Vicki" Baum (; January 24, 1888 – August 29, 1960) was an Austrian writer. She is known for the novel Menschen im Hotel ('People at a Hotel', 1929 — published in English as Grand Hotel), one of her first international successes. It was made into a 1932 film and a 1989 Broadway musical.