‘Forgotten Dreams’ by Stefan Zweig: Short Story Analysis ‘Forgotten Dreams’ is a modernist short story penned by the Austrian writer, journalist, and biographer Stefan Zweig. Zweig committed suicide in 1942 with an overdose of barbiturates. He was born in Vienna and was considered one of the greatest writers in the world in the 1920s and '30s. This short story is about an … [Read more...] about ‘Forgotten Dreams’ by Stefan Zweig: Short Story Analysis