Schachnovelle / Volume

[1942]: Verlag Pigmalión, Buénos Aires

Schachnovelle. 97p. [250 numbered copies, numbered from 1 to 250]

Simultaneous edition:

[1942]: Verlag János Peter Kramer, Buenos Aires

Schachnovelle. 97p. [50 numbered copies, numbered from I to L]

[1943]: Bermann-Fischer Verlag, Stockholm

Schachnovelle. 117p.

• lst edition. 5,000 copies. 1943
• 2nd edition. 5,000 copies. 1945

New edition. 183p. Illustrated by Hans Fronius

• 3rd edition. 8,000 copies. 1949

See: [1951]: S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main

NB: A copy of the typescript sent to Gottfried Bermann-Fischer [63p. Dated 21 February 1942] is located in the Lily Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

[1950]: Hirschsprung Forlag, København/Copenhagen

Schachnovelle. Edited by Axel Werner. 76p. [Deutsche Texte für dänische Gymnasien, 4]. Reprinted: 1953, 1959, 1965, 1967, 1969

[1950]: Uitgeverij J. M. Meulenhoff, Amsterdam

Schachnovelle. Edited by J. H. Schouten. 94p. plus 10p. of vocabulary and notes. Contains a portrait of Stefan Zweig opposite the title page [Meulenhoffs Sammlung deutscher Schriftsteller, 92]. Reprinted: 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960-1962, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1975, 1977, 1979

[1951]: S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main

Schachnovelle. 94/(1)p. See: [1974 and 1979]: Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt am Main

• 4th edition. 10,000 copies. 1951
• 5th edition. 13,000 copies. 1954
• 6th edition. 10,000 copies. 1957
• 7th edition. 11,000 copies. 1959
• 8th edition. 15,000 Copies. 1960
• 9th edition. 13,000 copies. 1961
• 10th edition. 15,000 copies. 1962
• 11th edition. 15,000 copies. 1965
• 12th edition. 15,000 copies. 1967
• 13th edition. 15,000 copies. 1969
• 14th edition. 10,000 copies. 1972

[1951]: H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), Oslo

Schachnovelle [A shortened version]. Edited by Kristian Langlo and Margit Rogne. 61p. Illustrated [Frilesning i tysk, 2]. Reprinted 1963

[1960]: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York

Schachnovelle. Edited with an introduction by Harry Zohn. viii/82p. See: [1962]: Methuen Publishing Ltd, London. Harry Zohn's "Introduction", pp. iii-viii

[1961]: Schachnovelle und andere Erzählungen

"Schachnovelle". No. 1, pp. (5)-(75)

[1962]: Methuen Publishing Ltd, London

Schachnovelle. Edited by Harry Zohn. viii/82p. [Methuen's Twentieth Century Texts]. See: [1960]: W. W. Norton & Company, New York

[1966]: C(arl) Bertelsmann Verlag, Gütersloh / Europäischer Buch- und Phonoklub, Stuttgart / Buchgemeinschaft Donauland, Wien

"Schachnovelle" in Lockende Ferne. Die schönsten Reisegeschichten. Selected by Viktoria Lindenkamp. Illustrated by Ursula Sandler. Pages, 223-279. This is a Book Club edition

[1968]: Éditions Payot, Lausanne

Schachnovelle. Edited by Gérard Doessegger. 78p. [Deutsches Lesen. Vereinfachte Texte. 3. Stufe. Collection: Wir sprechen Deutsch]. Reprinted: 1975

[1969]: C(arl) Bertelsmann Verlag, Gütersloh

Schachnovelle. 124p. A licensed edition

[1973]: Schachnovelle und andere

"Schachnovelle". No. 4, pp. 77-140

[1974]: Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt am Main

Schachnovelle 94/(1)p. Paperback edition [Fischer Taschenbücher, 1522]. See: [1951]: S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main

• lst edition. 30,000 copies. 1974
• 2nd edition. 15,000 copies. 1975
• 3rd edition. 15,000 copies. 1975
• 4th edition. 15,000 copies. 1976
• 5th edition. 20,000 copies. 1977
• 6th edition. 25,000 copies. 1977
• 7th edition. 20,000 copies. 1978
• 8th edition. 15,000 copies. 1979
• 9th edition. 25,000 copies. 1979
• 10th edition. 25,000 copies. 1980
• 11th edition. 40,000 copies. 1981
• 12th edition. 25,000 copies. 1981
• 13th edition. 20,000 copies. 1982
• 14th edition. 50,000 copies. 1983
• 15th edition. 50,000 copies. 1983
• 16th edition. 40,000 copies. 1984
• 18th edition. 30,000 copies. 1985
• 19th edition. 30,000 copies. 1986
• 20th edition. 30,000 copies. 1986
• 21st edition. 30,000 copies. 1986
• 22nd edition. 30,000 copies. 1987
• 23rd edition. 30,000 copies. 1987
• 24th edition. 30,000 copies. 1988
• 25th edition. 30,000 copies. 1988
• 26th edition. 30,000 copies. 1989
• 27th edition. 30,000 copies. 1989
• 28th edition. 40,000 copies. 1990
• 29th edition. 40,000 copies. 1991
• 30th edition. 40,000 copies. 1992
• 31st edition. 38,000 copies. 1992
• 32nd edition. 40,000 copies. 1992
• 33rd edition. 40,000 copies. 1993
• 34th edition. 50,000 copies. 1993
• 35th edition. 50,000 copies. 1994
• 36th edition. 50,000 copies. 1995
• 37th edition. 50,000 copies. 1995
• 38th edition. 50,000 copies. 1996

[1976]: Európa Könyvkiadó, Budapest

Schachnovelle / Sakknovella. 169p. A bilingual edition [In the Janus Könyvek / the Janus series]. Hungarian translation by Iván Fónagy. This edition was licensed by the Atrium-Verlag, Zürich]

[1979]: Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt am Main

Schachnovelle. New edition. Afterword by Siegfried Unseld. 126/(1)p. [Fischer Bibliothek. "Nachwort" [Siegfried Unseld], pp. 110-(127)]. See: [1974]: Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag

• lst edition. 5,000 copies. 1979
• 2nd edition. 5,000 copies. 1979
• 3rd edition. 5,000 copies. 1981
• 4th edition. 5,000 copies. 1982
• 5th edition. 4,000 copies. 1983
• 6th edition. 4,000 copies. 1984
• 7th edition. 5,000 copies. 1986
• 8th edition. 3,000 copies. 1987
• 9th edition. 4,000 copies. 1989

[1984]: Schachnovelle und andere. Large print edition

"Schachnovelle". No. 4, pp. 77-140

[1992]: Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt am Main

Schachnovelle[Sonderausgabe 40 Jahre Fischer Taschenbücher]. 109/(1)p. Cover design by Bartholl & Bartholl, Hamburg. Cover photograph "Ide Collar" [1922] by Paul Outerbridge, Jr. [Fischer Taschenbuch, 11220]

[1992]: Schachnovelle und andere Erzählungen

"Schachnovelle". No. 1, pp. (5)-(72)

[1995]: S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main

Schachnovelle. Edited by Karl-Heinrich Laudage. Paper cutouts by Alfons Holtgreve. (80)p. In addition to the normal edition, a special edition with an original paper cutout by Alfons Holtgreve was also published

[1995]: S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main

Schachnovelle. 109/(1)p. Cover design by G. Lachenmaier [Fischer Bibliothek]

[1995]: Verlag Artemis & Winkler, München

"Schachnovelle" in Das große deutsche Novellenbuch. Edited with a foreword by Effi Biedrzynski. 12 color plates. Pages 855-895. This is a reprint of the 1991 edition of the Fischer Taschenbuch [FT 1522]

[2014]: Schachnovelle * Brief einer Unbekannten * Der Amokläufer

"Schachnovelle". No. 1, pp. (5)-76

[2016]: Knesebeck GmbH & Co. Verlag, München

Die Schachnovelle nach Stefan Zweig. A graphic novel by Thomas Humeau adapted into German by Anja Kootz. 128/(1)p. Collor illustrations. See: Le Joueur d'echecs [2015]

Some excerpts:

[1].

"Entscheidungskampf" in Kleine Bettlektüre für kluge Schachspieler. Edited by Ulf Eisele. Bern/München/Wien: Scherz Verlag, 1988, pp. 97-109

[2].

"Das konigliche Spiel" in Deutsche Schachrundschau. Caissa [Erkrath bei Dusseldorf], No. 17 [1. September-Heft 1950], p. 263

[3].

"Schachnovelle" in Film und Frau [Hamburg], 12:13 [1960], pp. 34-42 [Contains 6 photographs from the film version starring Curd Jürgens]

[4].

"Schachnovelle" in Wahlfach Deutsch. Literatur. Compiled by R. Hazekamp and J. V. Zambon. Groningen: Wolters-Noordhoff Veralg, 1990, pp. 219-221 [2nd editions, 1991. 3rd edition, 1992. 4th edition,1994]

[5].

"Der Weltschachmeister" in Lesestücke und Übersetzungen. Compiled and edited by Johannes Schneider. 8th edition. Groningen: Noordhoff Verlag, 1964, pp. 91-92 [1st edition, ?. 4th edition, 1953. 5th edition, 1956; 7th edition, 1962]

Related topics:

[1].

Bastian, M. S. "Schachnovelle" [A cartoon caricature drawn by M. S. Bastian] in Das Magazin [Zürich], No. 8 [28/29 February 1992], p. 46 [COMIX. "Schachnovelle" frei nach Stefan Zweig. Zwei Zeichnungen / Impressum: Wochenendbeilage des Tages-Anzeigers und der Berliner Zeitung]

[2].

Stefan Zweig. Bilder, Texte, Dokumente [1993], No. 136, p. 209 [Contains a facsimile of a page of the original typescript with handwritten corrections]

[3].

Das Geheimnis des künstlerischen Schaffens [1981], No. 20, pp. 244-245 [The is a comparison of the story "Schachnnovelle" itself with the game of chess]