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


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About Walther Eidlitz

  • 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.

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