Walther Eidlitz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Walther Eidlitz

Austrian writer

Date of Birth: 28-Aug-1892

Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria

Date of Death: 28-Aug-1976

Profession: writer, poet, author

Nationality: Sweden, Austria

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Walther Eidlitz (1892 – 1976), also known as Vamana Dasa, was an Austrian writer, poet, Indologist and historian of religion. Eidlitz was born in Vienna.
In pursuance of his religious and philosophical interest he left his family in Austria in 1938 and traveled to India.
He spent time in an internment camp in India during the Second World War, where he was converted to Hinduism by German bhakta Sadananda Swami.
Eidlitz was initiated into Gaudiya Vaishnavism by Bhakti Hridaya Bon Swami.
He moved to Sweden in 1946.
In 1975 he received an honorary doctoral degree from Lund University.
He has written about his spiritual journey in his autobiography.
He died in Vaxholm.