2. Zweig's literary activities began with poetry creation. The early poetry anthology Silver String (190 1) and Garland of the Past (1906) were deeply influenced by French Impressionism, Hofmannsthal, Rilke and others. His major achievements are biographical literature and novel creation, including The Three Masters by Balzac, Dickens and Dostoevsky (1920). Romain rolland (1921); Struggle with the Elves (1925), a biography written for German writers Holdrin, Kreis and Nietzsche; Three poets describing their lives (1928), biographies written for Tolstoy, Stendhal and Casanova; Joseph Fauci (1929); Psychotherapy (193 1) is a biography of Mesmer, the inventor of hypnosis, Mary Baker Eddie, the founder of church of christ, and Freud, a psychologist. The success or failure of Maria Stewart (1935) and Erasmus from Rotterdam (1935). His biography is not limited to historical facts, but centered on characters.